Airline operators slam FAAN, reject aviation fuel racketing
The Nigerian Airline Operators Association has expressed dissatisfaction with the numerous challenges in the aviation industry, claiming that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria is to blame for flight delays and cancellations.InformationGuideNigeria
According to them, the inadequacy of vital infrastructure at the airport is to blame for the country’s numerous aircraft delays.
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Speaking at the event, Allen Onyema, Chairman of Air Peace, stated that when it comes to flight delays and cancellations, many factors are involved that many people are unaware of and instead blame the airlines, adding that no airline in the world would want to delay flights due to the cost implications.
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“How would I just wake up and want to delay my flight when I know I am going to incur a heavy cost.”
Further speaking, Onyema said Nigerian airlines are operating in a very hostile environment with limited infrastructure.
“The Airlines are at the mercy of everybody. The owners of airlines in Nigeria are patriotic because it is not profitable. They are doing it as a service to Nigeria and should be applauded, not demonised.
“Nigerian indigenous airlines are performing under certain conditions that we should be applauded for still staying afloat. Is it forex, or fuel infrastructure? How about bird strikes in a good country? the airlines would have gone to court against FAAN for all the bird strikes because we pay for these services. Air Peace alone had had over twenty bird strikes in a year.”
Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, chairman of United Nigeria Carriers and spokesperson for AON, stated that the imports of aviation fuel are rife with corruption to the airlines’ harm.
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He said, “the authorities should make forex available and do something about the fuel racketeering. We are paying above the real cost. We are not asking for free money nor subsidy but the right thing should be done as the burden is transferred to the travellers.”
Capt. Roland Iyayi, President and Chief Executive Officer of Top Brass Aviation, remarked that inadequate critical infrastructure has the greatest impact on flight delays.
Even check-in counters are insufficient, he said, as is the apron space, and most airports are closed for night operations due to sunset.
“The truth is, have you gone to Abuja Airport during peak hours? Do you have about ten airlines in one small living room? If you have, for example, if an airline has Owerri, Enugu, Kano, Jos and Maiduguri flight schedules, those destinations should have individual desks, but it’s not so.”
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