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timidapsin:
United and Emirates (evening flight) Airlines bids farewell to the Nigerian sky after their last flight today 30th June, 2016.

In one instance, the exit of these two world class airlines will definitely lead to loss of jobs both directly and indirectly.

In another instance, this exit would have been Nigeria's gain had it been we did not "stole" the wings off Nigerian Airways till it became a flightless bird six feet beneath the earth from 22,000 feet above sea level. It would only take a miracle to survive a fall from such a height.

13 years after the demise of Nigerian Airways, the feet of it's interred body still sticks out. A sign that it's remain refused to be ushered into gentle breeze of glory. The ghost is what is currently haunting our aviation sector.

At the pinnacle of it's operations, the asset of Nigerian Airways Limited was valued at a little over $6B all over the world. And the airline was flying to all continents with quality service at an affordable price.

The airline became a cesspit of monumental corruption when government officials took charge of it's administration. It got worst when free tickets were given to wives and concubines of government officials. Flight would be delayed for one minister held up at his girlfriend's birthday, prostitutes and pimps of ministers and airline's staffs were employed as air hostesses and aviation staffs. These among other pesky infractions killed Nigerian Airways.

With 10,000 staff strength and 32 fleet of aircraft as at 1979, Nigerian Airways was the pride of our nation back then not even our current quasi - national carrier (Arik Air) compares to it.

By 1999, the Nigerian Airways had only one serviceable aircraft left in it's fleet. By this time it had become Nigerian Airweighs, weighed down by it's debt burden.

Over N6 billion was stolen between 1993 and 1999 under the nose of two managing directors of the airline. This approximated figure is extracted from the report of the Justice Nwazota-led Commission of Inquiry that was set up shortly before the death of late President Musa Yar’Adua.

The Nigerian Airways was savagely raped like an orphan till the last straw that broke it's camel back in 2003 when # 25B mysteriously took flight from the airlines till.

Even at this point Nigerian Airways assets still far outweighs it's liabilities.

One then wonder why OBJ sold it off under the guise of "pocketization" oops! Privatization when he could have simply partnered with world class airlines like British Airways. Such arrangements is not strange in aviation as was recently witnessed between Alitalia and Etihad. Alitalia conceded some of their not so vibrant routes to Etihad. While the bailout partnership between Airfrance - KLM is also a good example.

Today, tiny countries like Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopa, etc have a thriving national carrier. Ki lo ti wa je ni Nigeria? Rather than the senseless liquidity of Nigeria Airways, it would have partnered with some of these airlines exiting the Nigerian route on the premise of non repatriation of funds made on ticket sale. NAL would have been exchanging it's ticket sale money in those countries with partner airlines while the partner airlines would do same with NAL here in Nigeria. That way the FOREX policy won't force airlines to close business the way they are seen to be doing now, and it would be a win win situation.

https://fbcdn-photos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/v/t1.0-0/cp0/e15/q65/s240x240/13501796_10154297985388185_1621456832868752518_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoiYiJ9&oh=d3df54ab017ba933e7ecbc574c14e5b7&oe=57EEB8A3&__gda__=1479979711_3b859b358a0e2e803f37b37da7fc86a4

Called from: http://afriwap.com/politics/united-and-emirates-airline-to-stop-flights-to-nigeria/

Keneking:
Who dem epp sef
When we are working on our national carrier already.
Ethiopian Airlines just received the first order of Airbus A850.
When we shall have our fleet transversing the Atlantic before 2019 and reduce dollar spend.
When you buy fake perfumes at dollar rate on board these flights.

SeverusSnape:
Sounds like the kind of thing modath or PassingShot or sweetlemon would say

giles14:
one of objs legacies

rufaikoko:
Idiot! Those damages were not done today. Its the handiwork of your Pas and Grandpas.

fulanimafia:
When you're called wailing zombies, you complain as if that is not exactly what you lots are.

Who said Emirates have stopped flights to or from Nigeria? A disoriented writer who named an article with such a false malicious headline and states the headline in ONE sentence without backing, and then launches a tirade lamenting the death of Nigerian Airways? Was it not the PDP that ruled for the past 16 years of Nigerian Airways's ruin? Who is surprised that we still don't have a national carrier after 16 years of PDP misrule?

What did Jonathan do about Nigerian Airways despite presiding over a period of fantastic oil price boom? Why are you screaming Buhari? Last time he ruled NA was a thriving airline with dozens of aircrafts. You zombies are so daft that you cannot verify the simplest of facts and swallow every trash you're fed.

Below is a screenshot of a return flight I just booked from London to Abuja on Emirates for July 15th to return August 31st. Emirates still flies to and from Nigeria.

agitator:
Na GEJ corruption rundown nigerian airways.



You no shout GEJ ineffectual buffoon, as him name no show and the thiefing happen stop before 2007. all these ofemennu people sef

Reference:
Every government since independence did it in every commercial sector in Nigeria. If Nigeria Airways existed till this day, it will have continued. So we should be glad it is dead and not there further eroding our public finances. If you are an undisciplined man, it is pointless going into business. It is better you seek employment where you will be compelled to perform. Nigeria is not a disciplined nation so we cannot have national businesses.

timidapsin:
United and Emirates (evening flight) Airlines bids farewell to the Nigerian sky after their last flight today 30th June, 2016.

In one instance, the exit of these two world class airlines will definitely lead to loss of jobs both directly and indirectly.

In another instance, this exit would have been Nigeria's gain had it been we did not "stole" the wings off Nigerian Airways till it became a flightless bird six feet beneath the earth from 22,000 feet above sea level. It would only take a miracle to survive a fall from such a height.

13 years after the demise of Nigerian Airways, the feet of it's interred body still sticks out. A sign that it's remain refused to be ushered into gentle breeze of glory. The ghost is what is currently haunting our aviation sector.

At the pinnacle of it's operations, the asset of Nigerian Airways Limited was valued at a little over $6B all over the world. And the airline was flying to all continents with quality service at an affordable price.

The airline became a cesspit of monumental corruption when government officials took charge of it's administration. It got worst when free tickets were given to wives and concubines of government officials. Flight would be delayed for one minister held up at his girlfriend's birthday, prostitutes and pimps of ministers and airline's staffs were employed as air hostesses and aviation staffs. These among other pesky infractions killed Nigerian Airways.

With 10,000 staff strength and 32 fleet of aircraft as at 1979, Nigerian Airways was the pride of our nation back then not even our current quasi - national carrier (Arik Air) compares to it.

By 1999, the Nigerian Airways had only one serviceable aircraft left in it's fleet. By this time it had become Nigerian Airweighs, weighed down by it's debt burden.

Over N6 billion was stolen between 1993 and 1999 under the nose of two managing directors of the airline. This approximated figure is extracted from the report of the Justice Nwazota-led Commission of Inquiry that was set up shortly before the death of late President Musa Yar’Adua.

The Nigerian Airways was savagely raped like an orphan till the last straw that broke it's camel back in 2003 when # 25B mysteriously took flight from the airlines till.

Even at this point Nigerian Airways assets still far outweighs it's liabilities.

One then wonder why OBJ sold it off under the guise of "pocketization" oops! Privatization when he could have simply partnered with world class airlines like British Airways. Such arrangements is not strange in aviation as was recently witnessed between Alitalia and Etihad. Alitalia conceded some of their not so vibrant routes to Etihad. While the bailout partnership between Airfrance - KLM is also a good example.

Today, tiny countries like Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopa, etc have a thriving national carrier. Ki lo ti wa je ni Nigeria? Rather than the senseless liquidity of Nigeria Airways, it would have partnered with some of these airlines exiting the Nigerian route on the premise of non repatriation of funds made on ticket sale. NAL would have been exchanging it's ticket sale money in those countries with partner airlines while the partner airlines would do same with NAL here in Nigeria. That way the FOREX policy won't force airlines to close business the way they are seen to be doing now, and it would be a win win situation.

https://fbcdn-photos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/v/t1.0-0/cp0/e15/q65/s240x240/13501796_10154297985388185_1621456832868752518_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoiYiJ9&oh=d3df54ab017ba933e7ecbc574c14e5b7&oe=57EEB8A3&__gda__=1479979711_3b859b358a0e2e803f37b37da7fc86a4

Called from: http://afriwap.com/politics/united-and-emirates-airline-to-stop-flights-to-nigeria/

truthspeaks:
Guy u r inviting insults (plan B) wen he can't offer a meaningful argument (plan A). Moreover they r paid agents so no matter wat u say, they must do their job even wen their family members r groaning under d economic hardship. They r all suffering n smiling

PassingShot:
You mind the brain-damaged mourning wailers?

I just booked Emirates from Doha to Lagos for Sep 15th to Oct 6th and even made a thread of it here https://www.nairaland.com/3197056/claim-emirates-stops-flights-nigeria#47062741

But guess what, the mods don't want to take it to FP because they don't want to expose their own folly.

This site is full of sadists nowadays.

idupaul:
Buhari shows why he is a monumental failure again

fulanimafia:
Lol did you actually create it in the travel section or have the 'mods' shown their colors again?

donphilopus:
How far? You now see you're the monumental failure for failing to do your research before blaming the Presidency as usual?!

hazyfm:
Can't read the bold caption, is that English or Suweto?

Just asking though

sasural:
Can you read it now?

idupaul:
Na you sabi oo...i voted for the man so I know he is a monumental failure ..till he improves I will call him a failure at every given opportunity. ..oya go and hustle
..it's not like I am suffering sef it because of people like you I want Nigeria to become great so you can have sense small

donphilopus:
Hahahahaha.....

I'm the one suffering oooo....!!!

IdlePaul