FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS NEW NATIONAL CARRIER, NIGERIA AIR

Penpushing reports that, as at the time of this report, no explanation was immediately given for the cancellation,but the shocking announcement came barely two months after Nigeria unveiled Nigeria Air at the Farnborough Air Show in England on July 18.

Penpushing also reports that, the Government said at the time that it was in talks with Technical Partners in the aviation as well as aircraft manufacturers. The critics and industry experts were wary of the project when it was launched in July, arguing that Nigeria cannot afford it at this time.

The critics also noted that the financial crisis that engulfed the defunct Nigeria Airways had not been resolved more than a decade after the national career stopped operations, but the Federal Government was adamant about launching a new airline for the country, a project President Muhammed Buhari promised during campaign in 2015.