Aviation crisis and survival of Nigerian airlines

The nation’s aviation sector is in deep crisis. It can no longer be masked. The local airline operators, the customers and other stakeholders are complaining of one thing or the other over the state of Nigeria’s aviation sector. While Nigerian carriers complain of rising prices of aviation fuel, also known as Jet A1, multiple taxes, sundry charges, aircraft maintenance costs, insurance costs, airfare war and dwindling patronage, the customers or flying public complain of exorbitant airfares, delayed flights, cancelled flights and poor service in some cases. Other stakeholders say that the sector still grapples with infrastructure decay and inadequate navigation equipment and manpower chal...