EXPECTATIONS FOR 2011

Hopefully, the government should urgently start the remodeling of the
airports ,considering, we used the whole of last year to plan and
adopt the remodeling option after nullifying the clustering concession
programme adopted by Mr. Omotoba’s team.
The airports should be taken in totality, I am very uncomfortable with
the first and second phase programme as enunciated by the government,
they should realise they can’t do it alone. Therefore a form of
partnership must involve other tiers of government and the private
sector which must be open, fair and transparent.
Our carriers should expand ownership to be rightly regarded as flag
carriers. If Mr. Branson can dilute then our carriers can do same. It
will aid the clamour for a fly Nigeria act and other publicly
supported initiatives, which will unlock the shackles in our aviation
policy which has given the foreign airlines unfettered access to the
Nigerian gateways. the airline industry is in a recovery period we
must key into this critical period.
The regulatory body should sustain the CAT 1 certification, improve
the economic regulatory aspect of the carriers and should in
conjunction with the ministry start a regulated consolidation regime.
Lastly, I expect an improvement in our compliance with related
annexes, we should complement the CAT 1 status by working on other
annexes that will ensure we meet the standard set in the ICAO
universal safety oversight programme.