Olowunl01:

The Nigerian Govt can start with the below:
Facilitate seamless connecting flights to other airports (Enugu, PH)
Govt patronage
Priority Baggage Handling

iamoyindamola:
https://www.nairaland.com/8057382/accident-3rd-mainland-bridge-2

Blueraydick, izzou

BlueRayDick:


I knew this would happen, especially with the yellow buses .

Most of them don't even have mirrors nor pointer light. When they want to change lane, they will be using hand to wave u driving at high speed down 🤦‍♂️

iamoyindamola:
https://www.nairaland.com/8057382/accident-3rd-mainland-bridge-2

Blueraydick, izzou

BlueRayDick:


Well, maybe for argument sake let's agree FG does all that for Air Peace at no extra cost , so how does Air Peace turn that to increased profitability in the long run ?

In all of these ; all I see is air peace trying to survive in an international space where so many foreign airlines have already gained enough market share .

Air Peace like most Nigerian airlines has been enmeshed in controversies around flight delay , poor customer delivery , etc . Dem dey get normal regular 4ck up on normal local route .

Now imagine I want to travel abroad and there's air peace that has disappointed me on local flights few times and then there's BA . Let's say air peace is $700 and the BA is $650. No matter the amount of patriotism I have , I will gladly opt for BA. I won't care about supporting our own at that point .

Roland17:
I will use the auto industry here in the US as an example.

American car manufacturers (Ford, GMC, Chevrolet, etc) gets incredible amounts of tax breaks, monetary incentives, subsidies and other protectionist policies/ legislations to keep them competitive and afloat against international cars manufacturers like Toyota, Honda, Nissan.

Both companies are in the same industry but one gets home advantage.

larride:


I dont believe Airpeace brought the price reduction strategy, I believe BA and Virgin has been ripping Nigerians off with high cost of fares of direct flights. What Airpeace brought to the market was competition and charging the normal rate that the flight should cost and not the exorbitant prices that BA and Virgin were charging.

What BA and Virgin are currently doing is charging way below the fair market fare so as to stifle out Airpeace from the market. This I believe is where the FG needs to protect Airpeace.

The only way I believe the FG can protect Airpeace is by giving him tax breaks, waivers and the likes to reduce his operational cost so it can compete favorably with the foreign airlines. The foreign airlines wont want to continue to make losses and they cant underprice the route for long. The FG just need to help Airpeace to withstand this initial storm.

izzou:


I never understand the accident sef

How did 2 people fly out of the bus, and fell into the lagoon?

The bus no get door?

izzou:


I never understand the accident sef

How did 2 people fly out of the bus, and fell into the lagoon?

The bus no get door?

izzou:


That is why I am trying to understand how FG will help him

This Onyema case just get as e be.

I thought he said he has been booked till September. Make him use that one hold body fess.

larride:


Same should be done in Nigeria also. All our Govt cars from FG to NASS to SG and LG should be made in Nigeria.

Imagine the jobs that policy will provide for Innoson, Nord and the likes.

It will save us forex, create jobs and in the long run establish our own automobile industry.

If not anything. Most of our manufacturers need govt support at this moment for us to have an accelerated economy growth.

BlueRayDick:


Well, maybe for argument sake let's agree FG does all that for Air Peace at no extra cost , so how does Air Peace turn that to increased profitability in the long run ?

In all of these ; all I see is air peace trying to survive in an international space where so many foreign airlines have already gained enough market share .

Air Peace like most Nigerian airlines has been enmeshed in controversies around flight delay , poor customer delivery , etc . Dem dey get normal regular 4ck up on normal local route .

Now imagine I want to travel abroad and there's air peace that has disappointed me on local flights few times and then there's BA . Let's say air peace is $700 and the BA is $650. No matter the amount of patriotism I have , I will gladly opt for BA. I won't care about supporting our own at that point .

iamoyindamola:
https://www.nairaland.com/8057404/betta-edu-threatens-sue-bbc

We no get shame for this country at all

Ibime:


Auto industry isn't airline industry

Auto industry is an accepted parapo

Airline industry is a service industry not a manufacturing one. So long as the plane is Boeing or Airbus, USA doesn't give a shït if the flight attendants and pilots badge says Emirates, Etihad or Delta.

If Delta Airlines now starts buying China planes, that's where protectionism will come in.

Roland17:


Wrong...

In 2020, the United States through an act of congress bailed the 10 major Indigenous American Airline to the tune of nearly 60B in direct payments, others were in form of subsidized loans and suspension of different taxes for these American airlines. This ensured they were able to keep staff, reduce furlough. This is just an example..

larride:


I dont believe Airpeace brought the price reduction strategy, I believe BA and Virgin has been ripping Nigerians off with high cost of fares of direct flights. What Airpeace brought to the market was competition and charging the normal rate that the flight should cost and not the exorbitant prices that BA and Virgin were charging.

What BA and Virgin are currently doing is charging way below the fair market fare so as to stifle out Airpeace from the market. This I believe is where the FG needs to protect Airpeace.

The only way I believe the FG can protect Airpeace is by giving him tax breaks, waivers and the likes to reduce his operational cost so it can compete favorably with the foreign airlines. The foreign airlines wont want to continue to make losses and they cant underprice the route for long. The FG just need to help Airpeace to withstand this initial storm.

BlueRayDick:


Well, maybe for argument sake let's agree FG does all that for Air Peace at no extra cost , so how does Air Peace turn that to increased profitability in the long run ?

In all of these ; all I see is air peace trying to survive in an international space where so many foreign airlines have already gained enough market share .

Air Peace like most Nigerian airlines has been enmeshed in controversies around flight delay , poor customer delivery , etc . Dem dey get normal regular 4ck up on normal local route .

Now imagine I want to travel abroad and there's air peace that has disappointed me on local flights few times and then there's BA . Let's say air peace is $700 and the BA is $650. No matter the amount of patriotism I have , I will gladly opt for BA. I won't care about supporting our own at that point .

Ibime:


BA and Virgin are premium brands. What they charge is their business. Even here, they charge double, so those looking for value use EasyJet, RyanAir, Turkish airlines etc

larride:


Airpeace need to strategize on a medium and long term plans on how they want to survive this rough terrain.

I just the Lagos to London route this afternoon and the Airpeace price is still the cheapest direct flight so I'm not sure where Onyema is seeing his own fares from.

Ibime:


I agree most cars should be Nigerian made, so far the maintenance industry is reliable. Police, LGA, Civil service vehicles etc should be mandated to be local made.

I don't see Governors, Senators and Ministers using Naija made though for the simple fact the cars have to be bulletproof.

You can't put bulletproof wrapping on an Innoson. It's a waste of expensive bulletproof. The car must be reliable before you put bulletproof so you get a long life out of the bulletproof. Bulletproof is more expensive than the car itself

Roland17:


Wrong...

In 2020, the United States through an act of congress bailed the 10 major Indigenous American Airline to the tune of nearly 60B in direct payments, others were in form of subsidized loans and suspension of different taxes for these American airlines. This ensured they were able to keep staff, reduce furlough. This is just an example..

TrebleChamp:
Well written bro, FG should also find a way of bringing down the price of aviation fuel. That i believe is the primary reason for the high cost of flight ticket even within Nigeria local airline...

Olowunl01:

I think he is probably referring to the Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt or Air Maroc who where always cheaper than BA/Virgin cutting further would eat into the share he was hoping to capture.

So, if Lagos London with stop over is $300 cheaper, that's a game changer for the lower end travelling customer cos family of 4, that's $1200 that could be saved.

I don't see a scenario where Virgin/BA price is cheaper than AirPeace, they probably up the effizy of their product e.g Aircraft Type, Food Offerings.

OasisX:


.....she's not found guilty yet, thus she has right to protect her name and integrity.

iamoyindamola:

Transferring public funds to personal accounts is not a crime abi?

OasisX:


.....did you read the attachments?!

Theflint1:
Classic case of Americans being uneducated about the rest of the world. He's failing at his job of detecting AI written texts and instead of admitting that his bias has played a role in that, he shifts goal post and makes it a money conversation.

larride:


With the price of $/Naira going down, I believe the price of diesel, aviation fuel should go down.