The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved April 2022 as the take-off date of Air Nigeria, the proposed new national carrier.<\/p>\n
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, revealed this while briefing correspondents on the outcome of the council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He recalled that it was the sixth time the matter was brought before the cabinet for consideration.<\/p>\n
According to him, the Federal Government will acquire only five per cent equity in the airline while other Nigerians will get 46 per cent.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that strategic partners including foreign airlines will be identified to take up the remaining 49 per cent equity.<\/p>\n
The minister also said the national carrier, when operational, will create about 70,000 jobs for Nigerians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved April 2022 as the take-off date of Air Nigeria, the proposed new national carrier. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, revealed this while briefing correspondents on the outcome of the council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. He recalled that it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":111737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23265,474,11778,23266],"class_list":["post-111736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-air-nigeria","tag-aviation","tag-flight","tag-take-off"],"yoast_head":"\n