Aviation Minister Stella OduahThe Ministry of Aviation has blocked Qatar Airlines from flying the Kano route, Daily Trust learnt lately.
This makes it the fourth foreign airline to be so barred from the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport.

Qatar Airlines had applied to be permitted to fly to Kano and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, Daily Trust has learnt.
Earlier in the year, the ministry had blocked three foreign airlines - Emirates, Turkish and Etihad - from extending their commercial flights to

Abuja and Kano, apart from Lagos where they currently operate.
Though Qatar Air officials declined comments, documents obtained by Daily Trust show that Qatar Air had sought additional landing permits from

Nigerian aviation authorities to extend its flight operations from Lagos to Kano and Abuja since the past four months but the ministry declined the request, and instead advised it to consider flying to Enugu and Port Harcourt airports as alternative entry points in Nigeria.
Joe Obi, the media assistant to the aviation minister said he had no comment to make on the matter.

However, details of a Bilateral Air Services (BASA) negotiation meeting between Qatari officials and Nigerian aviation officials held between June 24 and 25, 2013 in Doha on review of the existing BASA agreement obtained by Daily Trust indicate that the Qataris presented two options to the Nigerian side to be granted additional landing permits in Kano and Abuja.

The meeting comprised 10 representatives from each side with the Nigerian delegation led by Mrs. Precious P. Mbukpa while the Qataris were led by Mr. Saleh Abdullah Al-Haroon, the director of Ari Transport Affairs department of the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority.

The first option involves the adoption of an open skies policy which will provide unlimited passenger, freight and cargo services with full freedom traffic rights on any immediate and beyond points while the second request was for 21 weekly frequencies to Lagos and 14 weekly frequencies to both Kano and Abuja.

However, the Nigerian delegation led by Mrs. Mbukpa, a deputy director in the aviation ministry rejected the request, arguing that the existing BASA agreement between Nigeria and Qatar made provision for the designated airlines to operate 14 weekly frequencies to Lagos but instead, asked them to reduce the 14 weekly flights to Lagos to seven while the other seven should be routed to Kano.

“The Nigerian delegation informed the Qataris that additional frequencies could be grated to Qatar Airways on BASA rights if they operate to Enugu and Port Harcourt as entry points,” the document read.

“We asked for 39 additional landing permits apart from the existing 14 which we operate on the Lagos route to enable us extend flights to Kano and Abuja, making it 49 weekly flights into Nigeria but the Ministry of Aviation denied us the permission and instead they asked us to go to Enugu and Port Harcourt. But we told them that we accept the offer of Enugu and Port Harcourt as additional entry points only for future use”, an official of the Qatari embassy in Nigeria said.

During the meeting in Doha, it was equally agreed that the Nigerian delegation communicate with their Qatari counterparts after further consultation with their principals within a period of 90 days as the deadline but the Qataris said they were yet to be communicated to the by the Nigerians.

The Qatari official who does not want to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the issue said, “How can we be asked to reduce our 14 weekly landings in Lagos to seven and take the remaining seven to Kano? We were categorical in our request that we need additional 39 slots, 21 in Lagos and 14 to Kano and Abuja each. But they are telling us that if we agree to go to Enugu and Port Harcourt, the permission could be granted.”

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My dears u just have to accept it because the refusal is due to the overriding security of the good people of Nigeria. Ama ndi ana-eze! (Do we know who to fear?).

Ile-Ife:


Why would these airlines wants to fly through Enugu.

To proof dey re not up to som tin.......hw many passengers re dey transportin from kano....do u tink dat kano have more passenger to be transported dan enugu? wia almost all easterner's re international business men

king of pool: To proof dey re not up to som tin.......hw many
passengers re dey transportin from kano....do
u tink dat kano have more passenger to be
transported dan enugu? wia almost all
easterner's re international business men

Lawd have mercy. @op! And mods! Even you guys too?
Sup with the "bloacked" in that topic? Or is it an aviation terminology?

king of pool: To proof dey re not up to som tin.......hw many passengers re dey transportin from kano....do u tink dat kano have more passenger to be transported dan enugu? wia almost all easterner's re international business men

ok lets assume all easterners are international business men, they should be the ones clamouring for these routes not the government. Its business and all about demand, supply and sometimes politics. in this case, the aviation ministry is the one being political.

Ile-Ife:


Why would these airlines wants to fly through Enugu, they are arabs (muslims) and they resent jews.

and as a Nigerian or expatriate, why would i fly through Enugu, Will my flesh be safe from cannibals, will i be safe from kidnnapers, can the local cab drivers be trusted, why would i want to go all the way to Enugu when i'm not based there or any neighbouring city? common sense.

Mtcheeeeew u said sense of reasonin but i dnt tink u have any.....ur point of kidnapin, is kidnapin not goin on in lagos? Is it not goin on in the north? Wat of boko haram dat re kidnapin expertraits.....lack of sense of reasonin nd hatred for igbo's not send y'all hausa boot lickers to sahara desert is coverin ur brains....

All in a bid to make sure enugu airport function well.

Time up

http://dailytrust.info/index.php/news/8088-kano-govt-we-are-yet-to-hear-from-qatar-air

The Kano State government says it is not aware that the application of the Qatar Airways had been rejected.
In a telephone interview, the Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Alhaji Danburam Abubakar Nuhu, said the government would react to it officially when the airline briefs it on the development.
According to him, there are no regular international flights in Kano at the moment.
“Kano remains the centre of business in the country. We are working hard to see that Ethiopia Air that is flying from Enugu comes here because the volume of business in Kano is higher than that of Enugu. A group recently rated Kano as second to Lagos in contributing to the country’s economy.
“The group, known as Renaissance Group, said Kano State contributes $10 billion annually to Nigeria’s economy after Lagos. You know aside from oil, Kano State is the second contributor to the GDP. Our textile market annually contributes N10 billion to the economy, Dawano market N20 billion,” he said.
But former Managing Director of the Nigerian Airways, Captain Mohammed Joji, said the Open Air Policy allows airlines to land anywhere in the country.
“The same policy was signed with USA in 2003 when Mrs. Kema Chikwe was Aviation Minister. The policy is not good to developing economies like ours. If you sign it, it will kill the economy of the county because they will not pay any commission for BASA,” he said in a phone interview

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Ile-Ife:


ok lets assume all easterners are international business men, they should be the ones clamouring for these routes not the government. Its business and all about demand, supply sometimes politics and in this case, the aviation ministry is the one being political.

Y'all have don evrytin within una power to make sure enugu airport ll not be internationalized, let me ask u since ur piple dat have been rulin dis con3 has been promotin other airports dat re up north nd west, is it not from government nd aviation

king of pool: wia almost all easterner's re international business men

so because most easterner are international business does dat mean dat dy shd direct them to enugu or are northerners not international business men also ?

king of pool: Mtcheeeeew u said sense of reasonin but i dnt tink u have any.....ur point of kidnapin, is kidnapin not goin on in lagos? Is it not goin on in the north? Wat of boko haram dat re kidnapin expertraits.....lack of sense of reasonin nd hatred for igbo's not send y'all hausa boot lickers to sahara desert is coverin ur brains....

The reason i made reference to crime is that, wasn't Aba and other towns the go to areas for small businesses and retailers? What gave rise to the need for bakassi boys?

Those arab airlines won't do business with 'jews', especially black 'jews' i know that for shizzle.

nmaihat: My dears u just have to accept it because the refusal is due to the overriding security of the good people of Nigeria. Ama ndi ana-eze! (Do we know who to fear?).

Look if war breaks out, israel will not need FG permission to supply jews weapons neither will Saudi need permission to supply mallam weapons.

But do you know there are more small arms in the east than any other region. you would expect the boko haram areas to have more weapons.

Ile-Ife:


Look if war breaks out, israel will not need FG permission to supply jews weapons neither will Saudi need permission to supply mallam weapons.

But do you know there are more small arms in the east than any other region. you would expect the boko haram areas to have more weapons.

Ile-Ife:


Look if war breaks out, israel will not need FG permission to supply jews weapons neither will Saudi need permission to supply mallam weapons.

But do you know there are more small arms in the east than any other region. you would expect the boko haram areas to have more weapons.

mtcheeeeeeew.... Sorry

dridowu: so because most easterner are international business does dat mean dat dy shd direct them to enugu or are northerners not international business men also ?

Dey re also but duo to dey senseless argument or point ile-ife is raisin i have to let him knw east have more international business men dan any oda ethnic group, nation

Y

Ile-Ife:


The reason i made reference to crime is that, wasn't Aba and other towns the go to areas for small businesses and retailers? What gave rise to the need for bakassi boys?

Those arab airlines won't do business with 'jews', especially black 'jews' i know that for shizzle.

weda black jews,yellow jews,green jews or brown jews i dnt knw nd i dnt care to knw......face wats up dia nd stop makin some stupid fun of ur sef......

king of pool: Mtcheeeeew u said sense of reasonin but i dnt tink u have any.....ur point of kidnapin, is kidnapin not goin on in lagos? Is it not goin on in the north? Wat of boko haram dat re kidnapin expertraits.....lack of sense of reasonin nd hatred for igbo's not send y'all hausa boot lickers to sahara desert is coverin ur brains....

Mr, check the % and do the calculations.... And the kidnappers in lagos are still a leaner compared to the kidnappers in Anambra and enugu.

Sermwell: Y

wats up wit dis 1

king of pool: Dey re also but duo to dey senseless argument or point ile-ife is raisin i have to let him knw east have more international business men dan any oda ethnic group, nation

I even doubt Alaba or Ladipo boys would want to land in Enugu and start travelling all the way to Lagos again.

seedord247:

Mr, check the % and do the calculations.... And the kidnappers in lagos are still a leaner compared to the kidnappers in Anambra and enugu.

Wat of dey % of ofe mmanu nd agboro's in lagos

ok

seedord247:

Mr, check the % and do the calculations.... And the kidnappers in lagos are still a leaner compared to the kidnappers in Anambra and enugu.

Wat of dey % of ofe mmanu nd agboro's in lagos.....did is stop any tin

Why all the noise?..

Its a very simple case.. If you cant operate in Enugu or PH city...




THEN FORGET IT!!!!

Ile-Ife:


I even doubt Alaba or Ladipo boys would want to land in Enugu and start travelling all the way to Lagos again.

But y'all want easterners to land in lagos b4 travellin back to east abi ?

When their planes get blown up in Kano now.
Some oily folks will come out and start shouting that safety was not considered.
Now they are being offered safer options.
They better accept it.

They should keep off Boko territory unless they have a hidden agenda.
Note that all the airlines shouting for Kano route are middle eastern, very good move by the ministry.
We don't need an illegal Boko arms window.