“The national carrier thing connotes government ownership. Government has no business doing the business of commercial airline operations. The national carrier thing is a moribund idea that has been jettisoned several decades ago by countries.”
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Peace Allen Onyeama has joined the growing list of persons to have faulted the push for a national carrier, describing the idea as moribund and a drain pipe.
Nigeria had months back launched a national carrier Nigeria Air. But the move, steeped in controversy, was suspended by the governmentof President Bola Tinubu about two months after it took over power.
Despite the government’s decision, the dust about the ill-fated project is yet to settle as Onyeama insists the country does not need a national carrier owing to the difficulties of running such a business.
