The Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has said Nigeria’s aspiration to attain $1 trillion economy by 2030 cannot be achieved without significant contribution from the aviation industry.
To enable the industry to make the desired contribution, Okonkwo urged the federal government to review downwards the high taxes and charges paid by airline operators, which, according to him, constitute major impediments to the success of the airlines.
Okonkwo said this yesterday in Abuja, during a ceremony to mark the inauguration of the maiden flight of United Nigeria Airlines from Abuja to Accra.