Local Sector Records Over 70 percent Slump in 2020

The local aviation sector has declared at least 70 per cent drop in ticket sales for the Year 2020 on account of the coronavirus pandemic that ravaged the world. The rough estimate was measured with figures in 2019 when the industry pooled $1billion from international travel sales. President of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), Susan Akporiaye, said the ...

The Federal Government has said all airports in the country including private airports and airstrips were now opened for domestic commercial flights. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made this known on Monday during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. The PUNCH had earlier reported that FG reopened 14 local airports when domestic flight operations ...