{"id":33222,"date":"2020-12-07T20:08:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T20:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33222"},"modified":"2020-12-07T20:08:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T20:08:41","slug":"covid-19-could-force-nigerian-airlines-to-merge-ncaa-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-could-force-nigerian-airlines-to-merge-ncaa-boss","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 could force Nigerian airlines to merge \u2013NCAA boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Airlines in the Nigerian aviation industry might be compelled by circumstances to embrace merger as a result of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on business, Musa Nuhu, the director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA chief gave the revelation while examining the effects of the pandemic outbreak on the sector during a Nigerian Television Authority programme on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic exaggerated a bad situation; some airlines may not survive but the industry will come back better. It has always gone through crisis but has come out stronger. The Airlines Operators of Nigeria are coming together to see what they can do to help the situation and they met with me. The industry will be different altogether,\u201d the NCAA boss said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sure a lot of them will see changes in their model. I won\u2019t be surprised there would be merger activities around airlines to reduce cost and survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The International Air Transport Association forecasted in a commentary in May that the Nigerian aviation sector was at risk of losing $900 million in revenue and 124,000 jobs in this year alone.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA boss said \u201cthe airlines carry their maintenance out of the country and it is done in foreign exchange. They need to raise enough money to service the aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe airlines have to find a source of raising more naira. Passenger load has decreased during the pandemic. That is why there have been significant increase in airfares, they are trying their best and by the time the bailout kicks in, things will be better,\u201d the NCAA director-general stated.<\/p>\n<p>In the last few weeks, an average one-hour economy class seat for local flight among some airlines ballooned to N75,000 from N33,000, representing over 127 per cent increase.<\/p>\n<p>Opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Airlines in the Nigerian aviation industry might be compelled by circumstances to embrace merger as a result of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on business, Musa Nuhu, the director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said. 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