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Petrelli112:
But how can someone’s CRS be 75?..... It got me thinking maybe they are no longer following the rules, I might me wrong o.

44 year old man with a high school cert and one year work experience as a cook in Canada will score about 75 points

korodejvo:
again, let me clarify. Rahul asked for my log in details because he needed the information to be able to get to the payment portal (remember he originally did not share it with me), and to create a fresh application for me (remember I mentioned my old one was deleted). This was early on when we first got talking!

Card details? I willingly provided it to him because I had realized I could trust him. Eventually I didn't use that card to pay lol (cos I had issues with flutterwave) I used a separate card, and he never got access to that one and no, the only place I inputed my details in was in the SECURE alberta website. I attached the link in the last post. this is it here - https://eservices.alberta.ca/iqas-immigration.html

Your third point? fair point, but I know people who are already in the pool or have already gotten their ECA, and this is how they paid.

I believe one of the reasons this topic was created is to encourage DIY (Do it yourself). Let us encourage people to do these things themselves without the need to share passwords, card information and other confidential data

Aduraaola:
Please I need help.
I got ITA November 25th 2020 but as at then i decided not to pursue because my POF wasn’t complete as the time, now I do and time is against me. It’s 13 days to the stipulated date of 3 months for me to submit all necessary document.

I have every other document but my medicals. No appointment date is available at IOM or Q-LIfe until 12th March. What can I do please

Send an email to IOM or Q-life to request for appointment . When they respond you attach their response to support your letter of explanation. When the medical result is out I believe there is a way to upload it

The people of Enugu (voters ) will decide but with widespread infrastructure decay, unemployment, poverty and other problems I still don’t understand why the ancestral origin of the candidates is a factor

luvmijeje:
Nigeria government love chasing shadows. They are dodging the main issue.

The main issue is that the UAE government banned airlines plying Nigeria to UAE routes except their own airline which is Emirate simply because they don't trust our laboratories. In return Nigeria government is banning Emirate simply because they decided to do their own test using laboratories not approved by the government.

The solution to this issue is diplomacy. More of our people travel there. Whether they like it or not, they have an edge against us. They should trace and fine laboratories that are compromising on saying the truth. I know of cases of 3 Nigerians who were positive and were looking for negative results.

If I may ask was any stakeholder consulted before emirates made this decision? I watched the president of the association of travel agencies say that no consultation was done. The Task force on covid 19 also said they were not consulted . Emirates does not convey Nigerian passengers for free. These passengers pay heavily for the service and should not pushed around by the airline. Globally covid 19 pcr test is the benchmark but they went a step further to request for an additional test (additional cost to passenger) . Lots of Indians and Pakistanis also sell covid results in UAE and I see all these as business driven decisions padded under to the radar of covid 19. They will eventually make adjustments because Nigeria is emirate’s most profitable route in Africa (21 weekly flights pre covid and 4 weekly cargo flights )

dongc:
Huge experience in the board....here is directly from airbus website not a media frenzy...

https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2020/02/airbus-and-green-africa-announce-strategic-partnership-with-mou-for-50-a220s.html

Money coming from kuramo and fcmb

https://www.finsmes.com/2018/07/green-africa-airways-completes-undisclosed-series-a-financing-round.html


FCMB will provide Green Africa with access to up to US$31m in a combination of standby letter of credit and rolling working capital.
https://travelnews.africa/news-single.html?id=4764&title=Green+Africa+airline+partner+FCMB+for+revenue+collection%2C+%2431m+access%2C+loan+for+pilot+training%2C+othe

I mentioned they planned to get initial a220s from a lessor...

With time we’ll see how things play out.

dongc:
You cannot rule them out entirely....it may come from a leasing company....this chart has 5 orders from undisclosed african airline, another from undisclosed customer....anyways all the best to them...hope they succeed and treat us well not just cash out ...

I’m positive about them as they have an experienced board. I only went to read further after the media outburst on the 50 orders. Based on my findings green Africa is trying to lease some ATR72 turbo props from GTLK leasing . Green Africa signed some sort of MOU with Airbus with details not revealed but firm orders usually involve 25% down payment and a contractual agreement between both parties.
I suspect some American investor is trying to invest in the Nigerian aviation market and is financing green Africa as an SPV for that purpose. This will increase capacity in the industry but arrangements like this still lead to huge capital flight unlike a Nigerian based airline where the all the investments are home based. With time we will see how things roll out.

dongc:
You need to widen your research horizon...do you have firm order documentation or for lease orders through lessors??..
Every article is reporting same....

https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/99545-nigerias-green-africa-airways-to-debut-with-atr72-600s

Came across Airbus A220 orders graph as at october 2020. The orders they've got (firm orders) are marked in light blue. A commitment is not an order. Our media somehow convinced the nation to expect 50 A220s for green africa when an order has not been made. May be an order will be made in the future but as at today there is no A220 order from green africa.

Eriokanmi:
Thanks for giving it back to him hawt-hawt. You've just exhibited the highest level of maturity in your response. Kudos!. They often think once you get into US or other western countries, the best thing is stay put and start a life. Many would even vow never to return home again. A few of us who did are forever fateful to God for the courage. As they're planning to to run away, many whites are looking for opportunities here. It's just because they're seeing what Nigerians can't see. I just finished a zoom meeting on a multi million dollar project here in Nigeria, to commence soon. Not even the American president would have offered me half of that, had I chosen to stay back and worked in the white house

Thank you brother. I figured out that there was no point further engaging with him. I'm also thankful for the little we've done in our respective fields amidst the challenges.

valenu:
Nothing like hate bro, just letting you know the reality because you don't. I feel sorry for ordinary man that still believes in Nigeria because his problem is ignorance and its not an excuse. It is only the politicians or those connected to politics that I expect to be promoting this one Nigeria that is not working. If only you know histories of Nigeria and those of other countries, you won't be happy with the state of things in Nigeria.
As for the separation of the failed Nigeria, IPOB is doing a fantastic job. Oduduwa has many separatist groups based abroad. So, continue to dream in your one failing Nigeria

Mr. man I lived in USA for five years on F1 status and later STEM OPT. I left USA after the first year of my stem OPT while working at delloite technology practice. I went to grad school at the ancient edinburgh uni then left to nigeria after two years to work in tech. Work and education took me to many countries in different continents. I'm not sure you are in a position to tell me what is good/better for me and many other Nigerians. It all depends on the perspective we see things from. Nairaland is not a platform for lowlives its a platform for all and I have learnt so much from contributors here over the years. You come here and call me an idiot and all sort of names because I don't hate Nigeria like you do. If you hate Nigeria don't pour out your frustration on others as I'm not the cause of the disappointments you've had with the country. Amidst the challenges of Nigeria I've found great opportunities within which I've explored positively with no regret . If that makes me a candidate of all the unprintable names you've called me so be it.
In addition I know the history of Nigeria right from the berlin conference of africa till date. Thank you.

valenu:
Chai! See empty head that thinks he has something ooo. Foreigners are afraid of visiting Nigeria for tourism let alone investment due to your failed security. See what you are mentioning - Mobil,Texaco,chevron chai! These companies you just mentioned, do they have their head quarter in Nigeria? You are even mentioning oil companies, don't you know they are our colonial master? How can u have raw material and u won't know how to explore, drill and refine it and you claim to be giant?
Visa and stripe that invested in interswitch and paystack respectively, if the two companies are strong enough, they wouldn't be needing power which only came abroad cos your failed nation does no longer command respect in the world. We are talking about finance here and for you to go worldwide, you need a reputable company. Paystack and interswitch are reputable but other people in other continent can't trust it unless it is linked to the trusted ones just because it is a Nigerian company. Lol!. So, you see that Nigeria is good at limiting potentials, the reason every smart person with potentials quickly run out of this country if the opportunity comes.
Come, stop dreaming and wake up, your nation has failed. No right thinking foreign investor can consider Nigeria except the company will register its presence in Nigeria while the main operations are done abroad. And fo0ls like you would think the company is based in Nigeria. Even indigenous companies in Nigeria relocates to other neighbouring countries like Benin/Ghana but you wouldn't know. I know some Nigerians abroad who wish to come home to invest in productions and manufacturing but were discouraged due to the situation of your failed Nigeria.
The only thing you people are good at is opening schools here and there to produce unqualified graduates. Why not open manufacturing and productions companies and stop importations to strengthen the naira? If you don't know why prices of things are going up everyday, it is because we lack forex and keep borrowing and it causes our naira to loose value. Bro, you have nothing to offer. Let the country be separated to its region let every region develop at its own pace.
You know what, i hate to reply quotes without senses in it.

You spent most of your energy calling me names. Your writing only conveys hate and intolerance. Im sure you don’t know better than the companies that are investing in Nigeria due to the size of the market . If you want to split Nigeria go and form a separatist movement and lead the battle.

valenu:
Americans are not rushing to Nigeria because Nigeria has failed. Your Fulani leaders have made Nigeria fail. Improve in economy and see how they will rush to Nigeria.

American investors are rushing to Nigeria and other emerging economies because the kind of profit margins they get in Africa cannot be earned in USA . Nigeria has its problems but sometimes the quality of engagement on nairaland makes me wonder why people are so full of hate and never see anything positive .

Mobil , texaco and chevron are all American companies with heavy investments in Nigeria . In the tech industry today 80% of the funding comes from US companies . Recently Visa invested $200m in interswitch. An American company also bought over paystack. I can go on and on. Nigeria has multiple challenges but those challenges also offer opportunities to business Savy individuals

Asura:
Nigerians should start taking this pandemic seriously.

Air peace should be able to do rapid testing, the only problem would be increased travel fees for the passengers. But i guess its kinda like a blessing for Air peace, giving that most international airlines will not want to fly Nigerians, leaving them with no option but to fly air peace.

How he was allowed to get on that plane without getting his test results is baffling.

Contrary to your comment most international carriers want to operate into Nigeria. Nigerian route is very profitable as we pay a lot to travel compared to other African countries. This is partly because we have no flag/national carrier and thus almost every foreign carrier operates as a monopoly on the Nigerian route as the BASA’s with Nigeria are one sided .

dawnomike:
Nigeria's covid 19 case is not the worst in Africa... Citing covid as the reason for this is questionable.

A lot of business decisions will be taken under the cover of covid. My take is that emirates airline isn’t having it good and to compound it’s problems the U.K. government has placed a ban on all UAE to U.K. flights . Nigeria is its biggest or second biggest market in Africa thus eliminating competition on the route is of more benefit to them . This policy will basically knock off Kenya airways , ethiopian airlines , Egypt air , Rwand air and MEA from the route. That will leave emirates and air peace to share the market. Nigeria government are not likely to intervene because airpeace ( a Nigerian carrier ) will benefit from this arrangement.

wink2015:
Good news.

But will they grant the company license to fly to Canada, USA etc

Well he seems to be more interesting in operating into countries with huge volume of trade with Nigeria like India , China , uae , South Africa and Ghana. Routes to USA and Canada will depend on BASA. If Nigerian govt designates the carrier and they deny it the necessary support Nigerian govt can also deny delta.
Notwithstanding I believe USA and Canada isn’t even a factor in the airline’s operations.

majamajic:
They accused Akinsanya too , it was all wrong accusations

They are innocent

America should leave Africa alone. Africans have been enduring a lot of hardship fuelled by negative trade deals with the west , colonialism , bad leadership and corruption among others.

Judolisco:
read ur final statement now... In a joint operation he is d coordinator... When reporting to d president he brings d report.... I think d position in Nigeria is more like secretary position

In Nigeria I can’t remember when last a joint mission was carried out . The boko haram operation is meant to be a joint army/Air Force mission but right from Jonathan’s era the collaboration never worked with both army and the Air Force opting to operate independently

Judolisco:
I think dis role is more important than the chief of army staff

Lol its a powerless position. The chief of army staff is the most powerful followed by the chief of airstaff. Chief of defence staff is only relevant when there is a joint mission (navy, army and airforce) whereby he will coordinate the joint operation.

dongc:
Man you have been everywhere and talking too much... take a break really...it's a plea....

Don’t be offended as you don’t have to read what I wrote. You can simply ignore and move on .

dongc:
You need to widen your research horizon...do you have firm order documentation or for lease orders through lessors??..
Every article is reporting same....

https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/99545-nigerias-green-africa-airways-to-debut-with-atr72-600s

This article states that they’d debut with ATR72 which is what I mentioned earlier.A220 orders from Africa will usually make the news. When air Tanzania orders for 4 A220s it was all over the news with Airbus also commenting about the order. Same thing happened when Ethiopian ordered for its first two A350s. Same thing happened when airpeace became launch customer for embraer E2-195.

May be the plan to order in the near future but as at now I seriously doubt. A220 order log, deliveries and backlogs are available online. Green Africa airways is not mentioned there. Are they leasing these 50 jets ?

dongc:
Well not according to the news i saw...

https://peoplesgazette.com/nigeria-air-space-set-to-witness-new-carrier/

It’s fake news. No firm order was placed. Their adverts are for ATR-72 flight officers

dongc:
Looking forward to them....very ambitious plan they have ...A200-300s ....what a way to go....fuel efficient and newer planes...hope they last

They have not placed an order for A220 and it takes about 2 years between a firm order and delivery. They are starting out with ATR-72 turbo props.

mansakhalifa:
Interesting...

So, you think these four new players might be in for the quick grab or what?

This is all so sudden.

All the operators are attracted by the high revenue and are there for the quick grab. They come in and get out of the business after cashing out. This is why the government has not taken the operators seriously. But recently govt are beginning to give Azman and airpeace a benefit of doubt because of their years in operation (7 years , ), huge investments in the sector and the consistency with which they’ve been pushing for reform particularly the CEO of airpeace and associated airline.

The model they operate is to buy a 20 year old aircraft for $4 million and operate It for 18 months . A 20 year old 737-500 can earn the airline 25 million naira daily . With two or three of this a cashflow of 50-70 million naira trickles in daily. As it’s coming the operators spend and enjoy them selves . After 18 months NCAA will mandate them to go for a heavy maintenance which they do . When the MRO bills them $1.8million they are usually unable to pay and dump the aircraft . They return to the market and pick another one to continue the cycle .

On another hand they collect VAT and PSC on behalf of firs and FAAN. Most times they don’t remit these monies . The cycle continues till they are heavily indebted and exit the business.

In east Africa , Ethiopian or Kenyan tend to buy new planes that will be under warranty for the first 6 years . They fly it day and night generating revenue from passengers and cargo. After 7 years they sell it without incurring huge maintainance cost and buy another new generation aircraft. The new aircrafts they buy consumes far lesser fuel than the 20 year olds . Also they maintain their aircrafts in-house thus saving costs . They also train their pilots in house as they own simulators . Non of our operators in vest in training , MRO and repairs which is another indication that they are in the business for quick wins

mansakhalifa:
I keep on hearing certain players in the aviation sector whining about how challenging and almost unprofitable it is to participate in the aviation sector. Yet, every time I blink, a new airline gets floated. Now, this time, it's going to be four at once taking to the skies.

How then do we explain this extraordinary phenomenon? I thought the sector kills start-ups. So, why are these new firms popping up so quickly despite the multi-pronged issues in that sector?

The ones complaining are the operators who plan to operate for a very long time and grow with lots of investments. Watch closely the CEO of associated airlines , Azman and airpeace have been at the forefront fighting for reforms in the sector. The others are only attracted by the short terms gains they’ll make and exit the space.

For instance at its peak arik was generating between $7m and $10m daily with its financiers living in luxury and spend as he so wished. As with aviation they were unable to meet up their operational expenses owing service providers , government, banks and MROs to the tune of 300 billion naira . AMCON has seized the airline but the owner has moved on . The company is in debt not the CEO. Many of these airline operators are going in to cash out for the next few years and exit .

Thecvbankng:
They're starting with 50 aircraft, all airbus.

Omo this ones mean business. I don't think any other privately owned airline owns that much aircraft presently. I stand to be corrected tho

Signing of MOU means nothing does not equate a firm order. When you sign a firm order then we know a deal has been signed. Aviation business is very capital intensive and one Airbus 220 cost about $80 million . When airpeace was about to launch its operations in 2014 they bought 7 aircrafts at once and parked it for months while trying to secure AOC. The aircrafts they bought were the 737 classics (older generation 737) which they used to penetrate the market and gain some ground. It’s just recently they placed order for new generation embraer planes . My guess is the 50 A220s will be delay over a number of years

stevebond007:
Nice.
I hope more indigenous pilots will be employed, and sponsored for their type ratings.

And it's time they have cadet programs for interested aviators.

Tail Wind, Blue Skies, sky walkers

It is my hope that this will be a successful project

Queenlovely:
is there no other business idea that enters into the head of these stupid elites than airline business, Haba

airline business is no longer profitable, assist peace airline to expand rather than creating unnecessary competition. invest in your local airline peace airways.

Corona virus destroyed the airline business, and it's no longer profitable, Haba use ur empty skull for once.

every state wants to own airline even making the airline sink more, look at neighboring Ethiopia airways, south Africa airways, learn from them, one national carrier is enough biko

Airline business is not a profitable one even prior to covid . It is also very capital intensive which brings to question the idea behind this green Africa airways . They want to launch wirh ATR-72 in a country where people generally fear flying in propeller aircrafts. I’m anxious to know the financiers .

pufframmy:
nice one ASKY are worst no Entertainment

Sadly our people haven’t showcased their own well enough to the public. I was also surprised first time I used airpeace to j’burg because I was to use Kenya airways but got worried over the long layover on return. Tried airpeace expecting same planes they use on local routes with no entertainment system and food but was surprised that I got a much better business cabin with a fully reclinable chair. Left Lagos at 1:30am and got to j’burg in 5 hours

davodyguy:
I mean in terms of movies, music, games, electronic consoles etc that we have in most international flights.

Our local airlines here have zero in flight entertainment on the 1 hour flight from Lagos to other parts of the country.

Want to know if it's same for international route

The planes they use on intl routes has in-flight entertainment systems . The screens on economy cabin are smaller though

davodyguy:
Hello

What's the in flight entertainment like in Airpeace International flight?

I feel like Its at par with that of most major carriers operating into Nigeria except may be that on emirates on their newer 777 models. But then emirates hardly use that miso on their Nigerian route

The world has changed but some people have decided that things must remain the same . Peoples needs, wants and desires have also changed . The way we live has also changed. Many can live without partners and still be alright in today’s world. People can do well without partners who stress or frustrate them

shollish:
Guy, forget xenophobia..I've been there... there are many Nigerians there doing well,... that's why they don't come back even with the xenophobic riot. The ones that came back when Airpeace evacuated them for free are the ones that seized the opportunity to travel as ticket is usually expensive...over 200k for one way ... The south Africans are angry with Nigerians there that sell illegal drugs and human trafficking. There are mapped out places that are known for such crimes e.g is Hillbrow at Johannesburg. Even their police are complicit with the drug barons that's why the situation is so. Once you live with the main towns like Cape town,port Elizabeth etc , you are safe. There are many corporate blacks there doing well in sectors like engineering, medicine, business etc. The economy is good , though is are far more expensive there than Nigeria. Try evaluation of your docs with their agency and try.

From my experience visiting some african countries (ghana, tanzania, mozambique, ethiopia, kenya, angola, South Africa) I'll say that Nigerians are somewhat blacklisted. The challenges that propels many to move away from Nigeria to these countries are also present there. In addition to these you're constantly being doubted as a Nigerian. Some people may see this as normal but I don't.

In 2017 I took an AWA flight to accra and told the immigration officer at accra that I was only changing flights as I was to board a flight to paris 3 hours later which went well. While queing to board the air france flight I was pulled out of the queue for extra bag screening by ghanian officials.

Over to tanzania , It took about 2 months to secure a visa because nigeria is somewhat blacklisted and placed in same category as somalia, sudan, yemen... thus requiring the immigration commissioner to approve all visa applications. Arrived in the middle of the night with no problems clearing immigration. On my departure four days later I was singled out of the line after the airport police saw my nigerian passport and questioned about my visit.

In mozambique (maputo) I heard the immigration officer telling his colleague (in portuguese) "Check him properly as all these west africans cannot be trusted". He had no idea that I spoke a bit of portuguese.

In ethiopia I didnt experience any issues but could see how socialist and protectionist the country is which makes it difficult to even open a bank account, rental prices at double or triple for non ethiopians, people constantly staring at you on the roads as though they are seeing a strange being etc(I was a short term consultant at UNDP).

At JKIA nairobi I told the immigration officer that I had a flight to new york at midnight and needed to spend the day at a hotel in the city. He spent all the time looking for my US visa on my passport as if my entry depended on the possession of a US visa. Nevertheless had a really good time in the city but didnt stay for more than 12 hours but heard about cases of how nigerians and ghanians are maltreated.

For angola and south africa I could write a whole page . Worked on a tech project in j'burg which required frequent long visits in 2015 and all I can say is that country is not the typical african country. In the office (one of the big 4) there was a clear division (indians/whites/black africans) and black africans were at the bottom on the average. Your accent tends to determine how you'll be treated at even departmental stores and beyond.

My trips to these countries were purely official/private with no experience in the job market or business clime there but based on what i've seen or know, the best place to move to in africa as a nigerian is Nigeria. With the size of the economy and challenges I don't think we deserve the kind of treatment meted out by these african countries. If it was a Germany or UK or USA I'd probably hold a different opinion but Africa as a continent is divided deep into its grassroots and I believe the average nigerian can do better in nigeria. Today ghanians want nigerians out, S.Africans want nigerians out also.