Aviation business globally had one of its worst nightmares in 2020. WOLE OYEBADE highlights defining moments in the local sector, authorities’ actions, and inactions at reaching stability.
Modern commercial jets are programmed to be in the sky, earning revenue and meeting financial obligations round-the-clock. To have them grounded for a day is alien to the aviation business. x
But for one-third of 2020, or more, global airlines had entire fleets grounded and inactive, creating a financial crisis that will require another three years of intensive recovery efforts to fix.
What began as an epidemic in Wuhan, China, in the twilight of 2019, spread across the globe in the first quarter of 2020. As the main culprit of the transmission, airlines came under restrictions as nations closed borders and imposed rare lockdowns.
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COVID-19 Second Wave: Nigerian Government May Ban UK, US Flights Next Week
The Federal Government’s plan may not be unconnected with pressures on it to stop further spread of coronavirus by banning flights from nations with high rates of the virus.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 29, 2020
The National Assembly and the Ministry of Aviation are planning to ban flights coming from the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries with high rates of COVID-19, according to what the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi said on Monday.
Adeyemi told the PUNCH in Abuja that the decision on the issue would be announced next week.
Airlines, travelers face fresh hurdles as new protocols begin today Posted by adminAviation, COVID-19, Health, Top Stories, United Kingdom (UK) Monday, December 28th, 2020
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Fresh hurdles now await international air travellers from the United Kingdom and South Africa as Federal Government’s preventive measures against new strain of COVID-19 take effect this morning.
By the new protocol, all inbound passengers are mandated to seek and get travel permit from Nigeria before boarding flights coming into the country.
COVID-19 second wave: FG, National Assembly consider UK, US flights’ ban next week
Sunday Aborisade, Dayo Ojerinde, Joseph Olaoluwa, Bola Bamigbola and Daud Olatunji
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, on Monday said the National Assembly and the Ministry of Aviation were considering banning flights from the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries with high rates of COVID-19.
Adeyemi, who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said a decision on the issue would be announced next week.
The Federal Government’s plan may not be unconnected with pressures on it to stop further spread of coronavirus by banning flights from nations with high rates of the virus.