jeff juwana
Moderator
Domestic airlines in the country have appealed to the federal government to assist them with adequate supply of aviation fuel, otherwise known as JET-A1, lamenting that insufficient supply was impeding seamless operations.
Speaking on behalf of the airlines at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Managing Director, MedView Airlines, Mr. Munir Bankole, called on the support of the Federal Government when he took delivery of an additional Boeing 737-500 plane from France.
He indicated that the shortage of aviation fuel for aircraft was a major challenge crippling the operations of the aviation industry.
Bankole appealed to the government to give major fuel suppliers some window that will make the products easily accessible and available to airlines operators in the country.
He said: “For us, it is a national assignment, so you will help me tell President Goodluck Jonathan and the Minister of Petroleum. It is a national issue, so we don’t want to talk as Medview, we want to talk in general with other operators.
“It affects not only Medview Airlines, it affects other operators because we need the government to come to our aid so that government can give those major fuel suppliers some window to get full accessibility of the product because it is very difficult to find outside.”
Speaking on the airline’s operations on the domestic scene, Alhaji Bankole said Medview had airlifted over 250,000 passengers within nine months of its emergence, adding that the acquisition of the additional aircraft was paramount to the airline as it would further service its anticipated new routes.
He stressed that because of the high passengers’ patronage at the moment, the airlines needed more aircraft to meet the demand, adding that explained the reason for the additional aircraft.
Bankole said: “We are going to expand to Port-Harcourt and Abuja, we also are expanding to Enugu. For our domestic operations, the traffic load has been very heavy, I want to say categorically, we move close to 1,300, 1,400 passengers on daily bases, so on our traffic monthly, we have been between 30,000 and 35,000 passengers monthly.”
Speaking on behalf of the airlines at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Managing Director, MedView Airlines, Mr. Munir Bankole, called on the support of the Federal Government when he took delivery of an additional Boeing 737-500 plane from France.
He indicated that the shortage of aviation fuel for aircraft was a major challenge crippling the operations of the aviation industry.
Bankole appealed to the government to give major fuel suppliers some window that will make the products easily accessible and available to airlines operators in the country.
He said: “For us, it is a national assignment, so you will help me tell President Goodluck Jonathan and the Minister of Petroleum. It is a national issue, so we don’t want to talk as Medview, we want to talk in general with other operators.
“It affects not only Medview Airlines, it affects other operators because we need the government to come to our aid so that government can give those major fuel suppliers some window to get full accessibility of the product because it is very difficult to find outside.”
Speaking on the airline’s operations on the domestic scene, Alhaji Bankole said Medview had airlifted over 250,000 passengers within nine months of its emergence, adding that the acquisition of the additional aircraft was paramount to the airline as it would further service its anticipated new routes.
He stressed that because of the high passengers’ patronage at the moment, the airlines needed more aircraft to meet the demand, adding that explained the reason for the additional aircraft.
Bankole said: “We are going to expand to Port-Harcourt and Abuja, we also are expanding to Enugu. For our domestic operations, the traffic load has been very heavy, I want to say categorically, we move close to 1,300, 1,400 passengers on daily bases, so on our traffic monthly, we have been between 30,000 and 35,000 passengers monthly.”