Four years after it was unveiled, the federal government on Monday, announced that the country’s proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, has received the Air Transport Licence (ATL) to commence operation.
This was disclosed in a tweet by the Ministry of Aviation via its Twitter handle.
Minister of state for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had unveiled the name and logo of the new national carrier four years ago in London, at the Farnborough International Airshow, where he said that five per cent of the airline shares will be owned by the government.
The ministry had earlier on Sunday, announced that the proposed national carrier would receive an ATL from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Monday.
Following the presentation which was done at NCAA’s headquarters in Abuja, the ministry took to Twitter to share the information.
“The ATL certificate has been presented to Nigeria Air. Congratulations! Nigeria Air is here and is going to provide quality service to Nigerians,” the tweet reads.
Recall that three months ago, Nigeria Air Limited applied to NCAA for a licence to operate scheduled and non-scheduled passenger and cargo services, after the federal government opened a bid for proposals on the national carrier to both private and public investors.
According to the minister, the proposed national carrier is to begin operations with three wet-leased aircraft.
