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Exactly three years and one month after the unveiling of the name and logo of the proposed national carrier known as Nigeria Air, the airline is yet to take off.

While the federal government is insisting that the national carrier would come on stream next year, stakeholders and experts in the industry doubt the possibility with just a five percent contribution from the government.

Daily Trust reports that the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika had on July 18, 2018, unveiled the name and logo at the Farnborough International Airshow in London hinting that the [color=#000000]airline[/color] would begin operation in December 2018 with 20 aircraft.

However, three months after, precisely on September 20, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) announced the suspension of the project.

Since then, the minister has insisted that the project is not dead even as he set a 2022 timeline for the delivery of the national carrier, which is a major project under the Aviation Masterplan.

Sirika said the carrier would be completely private sector driven with the government having as small as five percent stake.

But three years later, there is still uncertainty over the project fuelling doubts, misgivings over the seriousness of the government to float the airline.

Daily Trust reports that in between the three years, three different airlines have started operations including Ibom Air, which commenced operations June 7, 2019; United Nigeria (February 2, 2021) and just last week, Green Africa.

In May this year, the federal government said it expects private investors to raise $250m for the proposed carrier as it insisted the project would be delivered before 2023.

In the document, which gives an update on the national carrier project and other sub-projects in the roadmap, the Ministry of Aviation explained that the project development phase has been completed.

But an aviation stakeholder, Capt. Alex Nwuba, had said the project was dead on arrival. He however told our reporter that to make it a reality, the government must own the airline 100% at the start.

“There is no point calling it a national airline when the government owns 5% and foreign interests own more than 10%. Government must take responsibility for the startup and funding of the airline from the get-go.”

He also advocated the appointment of a nine-man independent board of directors and subsequently two executive directors from the airline’s management to oversee the running of the airline.

Still on this, Principal Partner, Avaero Capital Partners, Sindy Foster said the national carrier project is not realistic, stating that it shouldn’t be a priority.

“I feel that the Nigerian policymaker would do better by using this COVID period as an opportunity to fix the issues with domestic aviation so that Nigeria can launch international airlines from Nigeria and designate those airlines as flag carriers.”

But Mr. Chris Aligbe, the Managing Director of Belujane Konzult, an aviation consultancy firm, noted that the project is still feasible despite the seeming delay.

“The minister has said by the end of the first quarter of next year, it would come on stream. The truth is that floating an airline is not an easy thing. In a federal system, the president doesn’t call the shots as it were but he has to work through various committees.”

Source; https://dailytrust.com/3-years-after-unveiling-nigeria-air-yet-to-fly

Every sector of the economy is in total collapse under Buhari led APC government

PrinceOfLagos:
Every sector of the economy is in total collapse under Buhari led APC government

I beg to differ. rail from Nigeria to Niger republic is a welcome development to all APC zombies and BMC's both online and offline. It will allow inflow of Islamic Fulani miscreants into Nigeria, thereby creating oneness between the two countries and should i equally talk about the Job opportunities it bring.

Chaaaiii....too much Weed no good. lolz

Another failed embarrassing promise of this fraudulent government.This is worsened by the fact that the shameless Buhari government went to launch a #1.5B logo for this non-existent airline yet Buhari still kept Ahmed Sirika as minister of aviation.

The legendary Lai-the-lying-liar Mohammed was giving excuses as usual over this corruption back then.Mean-
while Buhari is yet to convert most of the presidential air fleet to a national career after about 6 years of being in government.

One of the inadequacies of Buhari-Osinbajo government.

Another one is the inability to rejuvenate the refineries or even build an entirely new one.

Let's not even talk about Forex.

Sai baba

I see

Audio airline............

K

Ok

PrinceOfLagos:
Every sector of the economy is in total collapse under Buhari led APC government

So u don believe... Ask yourself weitin Edo people they use fly for night.

Have you seen a flying elephant

Hmmn.

....
Good eight years wasted under bubu..

Audio planes, SAPA don flog naija

Some guys reserved the domain sef

Baba don scam us jare

issoright

We are used to disappointment

Show me a flying pig.........


I would show you Nigeria Air, in the air.........

No words

Who do us this thing bikonu

Happened:
Source; https://dailytrust.com/3-years-after-unveiling-nigeria-air-yet-to-fly

They are waiting for their Fulani pilot to graduate before getting a plane

Over to the presidency.

it will fly

No be juju be that ....Nigeria air is crawling,give it 5 years more

Watchout how rottenmeatBBQgrill avoid this thread like a plague.