The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), today presented the Air Transport License (ATL) to the interim management of Nigeria Air as the proposed national carrier gears closer to takeoff.
The carrier is to be a public-private partnership with the federal government maintaining a 5% stake, while 49% would be held by strategic equity partners and 46% by Nigerian entrepreneurs according to the aviation minister in his earlier sentiments.
For years now, Nigeria has been without a national carrier with its revival being pushed severally.
Network
Lagos, Murtala Muhammed will be the main focus city for the airline’s flights.
Fleet
The new airline now awaits its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC), which empowers the airline to operate scheduled commercial flights.