Nigeria Aviation News Headlines for Monday November 21, 2016

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The week starts with new expectations and  hopefully the issue of Jet A1 scarcity in Nigeria will be resolved this week.

Please find the headlines below and follow the links to read the stories in full.

 

As Nigeria’s economic recession bites harder on the local airline industry, experts have cautioned airline owners to take some drastic measures to cut down  operational cost to survive the recession.
Nigeria’s recession has seen the local airline industry battling with the scarcity and high cost of foreign exchange to undertake the maintenances of aircraft at foreign hangers. It has also culminated in the scarcity of aviation fuel usually dependent on forex for its importation.
Some airlines have already announced that they will have to scale down operations in the weeks ahead, meaning fewer aircraft in the sky with more flight cancellations and delays on some routes. Such measures obviously will also imply less revenue for the airlines and also regulatory agencies like the Nigerian Civil aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian Airspace Manegement Agency (NAMA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). These establishments depend on taxes and levies paid by airlines operating in the country.
Use fuel economy aircraft
Aviation analyst, Alhaji Mohammed Tukur, who is also General Secretary of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), said the tough operating climate created by the recession demands that airline should deploy more fuel efficient aircraft on some routes.
Tukur identified the use of ‘jumbo’ aircraft ideally meant for flights lasting six to 12 hours by most domestic carriers on less than an hour flight on Nigeria’s domestic route noting that such trend if allowed or practiced in the past, was uneconomical in a recession period. “There is need for airlines to change their aircraft types,” said Tukur.
http://sunnewsonline.com/how-airline-operators-can-survive-recession

 LCCI Seeks New Ministry of Aviation and Tourism


The Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has called on the Federal Government to emplace a new Ministry of Aviation and Tourism. LCCI made the call in a communiqué issued by the Chamber and signed by its Vice President/ Chairman, Trade Promotion Board, at the end of their International Investment Conference in Lagos. Said the communiqué: ‘“Government should consider the option of forming a new Ministry of Aviation and Tourism, as has been successfully done by some countries in Africa and the Middle East with remarkable success.” According to the document, the conference noted that tourism in Nigeria was grossly underdeveloped as a result of which it has not technically achieved the status of an industry in Nigeria, which accounts for the minimal contribution it makes to the gross domestic product (GDP). ­ ­ Some of the major reasons for this include lip service to the development of the tourism sector, poor infrastructure and poor consular procedures and visa policy.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/lcci-seeks-new-ministry-aviation-tourism
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has called on the Federal Government to emplace a new Ministry of Aviation and Tourism. LCCI made the call in a communiqué issued by the Chamber and signed by its Vice President/ Chairman, Trade Promotion Board, at the end of their International Investment Conference in Lagos. Said the communiqué: ‘“Government should consider the option of forming a new Ministry of Aviation and Tourism, as has been successfully done by some countries in Africa and the Middle East with remarkable success.” According to the document, the conference noted that tourism in Nigeria was grossly underdeveloped as a result of which it has not technically achieved the status of an industry in Nigeria, which accounts for the minimal contribution it makes to the gross domestic product (GDP). ­ ­ Some of th

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/lcci-seeks-new-ministry-aviation-tourism/

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has called on the Federal Government to emplace a new Ministry of Aviation and Tourism. LCCI made the call in a communiqué issued by the Chamber and signed by its Vice President/ Chairman, Trade Promotion Board, at the end of their International Investment Conference in Lagos. Said the communiqué: ‘“Government should consider the option of forming a new Ministry of Aviation and Tourism, as has been successfully done by some countries in Africa and the Middle East with remarkable success.” According to the document, the conference noted that tourism in Nigeria was grossly underdeveloped as a result of which it has not technically achieved the status of an industry in Nigeria, which accounts for the minimal contribution it makes to the gross domestic product (GDP). ­ ­ Some of th

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/lcci-seeks-new-ministry-aviation-tourism/

Ethiopian Airlines Increases Weekly Flights to Cape Town


The symbolic water shower for Ethiopian Airlines A350XWB arriving the Lagos airport.
Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has announced an increase in its flight frequencies to Cape Town to 10 times weekly beginning from December this year. Chief Commercial Officer of ET, Busera Awel said:
“Serving Africa is our prior commitment as a Pan- African carrier, and increasing services to Cape Town, known for the Table Mountain is part of this commitment.
The increase in flight frequency to Cape Town, our third gateway in South Africa, will enable tourists and business travellers to enjoy convenient connectivity options to and from 95 Ethiopian global networks on-board our state-of-theart fleet, Boeing 787.”

https://newtelegraphonline.com/ethiopian-airlines-increases-weekly-flights-cape-town

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