For government establishment, from directorship level, you have first class and the rest is economy. And that was how the airline was run. It wasn’t meant for profit making. So, how do you survive?
Also, the presidency didn’t have an aircraft designated to it. Whenever the presidency had a function, they will just pull out an aircraft immediately either for local or international operations. There was a time the scheduled flights of the airline will just be disrupted midway. That was how even the government contributed to the death of the airline.
Now, how did staff and management contribute to its death? It is corruption; everybody was helping himself with the airline. First, everyone was employed based on the quota system. You will begin to get it wrong when you apply the quota system in aviation.
The federal government has held a discussion with the government of the United States of America over the establishment of a national carrier for Nigeria.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika via his Twitter handle after he held a discussion with the Ambassador at the United States Embassy in Abuja.
He tweeted,
“We took the opportunity to discuss investments and opportunities in the aviation sector, including national carrier. The partnership looks promising. USA is the only country we have open skies with. Thanks, Ambassador Mary and the team.”
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In July 2018, the Federal Government unveiled the branding and livery for the new airline, Nigeria Air, and stated that the carrier would be inaugurated at the end of that year.
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The Federal Government has said that some private investors are going to raise about N102.75 billion ($250 million) for the take-off of the proposed national carrier for Nigeria.
This is coming after the initial failed attempt almost 3 years ago to launch the proposed national carrier for the country.
According to a report from Punch, the disclosure is contained in a document on the updated status of the government’s aviation roadmap at the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Abuja on Wednesday.
The Aviation Ministry stated in the document that the project development stage for the national carrier has been completed and as such, the procurement stage is the next step to be taken.
The government explained that the next phase would be the placement of request for qualification (RFQ) in local and international media.
“$250 million approximately is to be raised to start up the airline by private investors,” the document stated.
There are six projects listed in the roadmap including the establishment of a national carrier to replace the defunct Nigeria Airways; the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility; the Airport Concession; the Aviation Leasing Company (ALC), the establishment of Aerotropolis, among others.
The proposed national carrier christened the Nigeria Air was unveiled in July 2018 in Farnborough, the United Kingdom without any aircraft flying until the project was suspended indefinitely.