Airline Operator – There’s Nothing Nigerian About Nigeria Air
Spokesman of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has said that the national carrier which the federal government is trying to float, has no Nigerian side to it.
Speaking at a webinar on Thursday October 20, Okonkwo who claimed that the President was ill-advised on the feasibility of the national carrier, added that the national carrier cannot survive with the proposed shareholding structure, Daily Trust reports.
Also querying the genuineness and transparency of the whole process of establishing the national carrier, Okonkwo who is the Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, stated that talking about a national carrier in the contemporary global economy is shameful as what the aviation industry needs is support for local operators and a stoppage to persistent demonization of the domestic airlines by the people in government.
Iyayi added that asides adding nothing to the domestic market, the partnership with Ethiopian Airlines is killing the domestic market.
