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Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is handling 500 billion mails annually since its inception 139 years ago, said Dr Amadu Ali, former national chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ali disclosed this during a public presentation of a book, ``Reforming the Post in Nigeria’’ in Abuja on recentl.,
Represented by Mr. Yacim Bitiyong, deputy postmaster-general and head, Territorial Administration, Ali said the strategy of postal reform should be adopted.
Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s leading regional and domestic carrier is offering a promotional fare of 10,000 Naira for flights on all domestic routes when booked online from May 14 to May 31.
This offer is available only when you book ahead and pay online at www.flyaero.com.
This special offer is in a bid to satisfy, encourage and reward its teeming regular and prospective customers.
Nigeria Postal Service (Nipost) said that Nigeria has no specific postal code rather a zonal Improvement programme (ZIP), highlighting the level of organized chaos in sorting mails in the county.
A postal code also known in various countries as a post code or ZIP code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. Once postal codes were introduced, other applications became possible.
Red Star Express Plc, a one-stop logistics company has embraced the use of bio-degradable polythene envelopes as its official flyers, in line with world’s best practices and commitment to sustainable development.
With the increasing global warming campaign, Red Star Express is actively seeking ways to reduce the carbon footprint by using bio-degradable materials.
Arik Air is to commence flight operations to São Paulo,Brazil, and this is coming 19 years after direct flights to Lagos was stopped following the withdrawal of service by Varig Air due to what it claimed was the un-viability of the route.
Management of the airline has also applied for traffic rights from Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency in preparation for the commencement of service between Lagos and São Paulo.
The mixed reaction elicited by the non-listing of Nigerian airport among the top ten airports in Africa in the 2013 Skytrax World Best Airports ranking is understandable, according to Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
This is because it is clearly at variance with the reality on ground as most of Nigerian airports are currently undergoing massive transformation, in terms of infrastructural development and service delivery.
Delegates at the just concluded, first ever, Nigerian Business Aviation Conference hosted by Evergreen Apple Nigeria (EAN) have called for more entrenched expertise in aviation industry, especially in aircraft management.
Achuzie Ezenagu, managing director, Toucan Aviation, a local operator that serves the oil sector stressed the need for aircraft management expertise in such a young market. “Don’t learn the hard way,” he said.
Stakeholders in the country’s aviation sector have said that the biggest headache facing the industry is the hemorrhaging revenue earnings occasioned by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Universal Banking policy.
The stakeholders drawn from the banking, security and courier industry said that the banking reforms have greatly reduced their earnings.
They spoke at the two-day inter-agency relation forum organised by the Courier Regulatory Department (CRD), the regulatory arm of Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), recently.
The international aviation community said it is less satisfied with the direction that fuel prices have taken since 2011.
Only last year, the industry fuel bill totaled $209 billion, which was about $33 billion higher than in 2011, “and this year we are expecting to pay an additional $7 billion, said Tony Tyler, director general and chief executive officer, International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Federal government is currently tinkering with the establishment of an autonomous body to be known as Nigerian Aviation Economic Regulatory Unit [NAERU] for economic regulation of the nation’s aviation industry
The latest developments are contained in the new Nigerian Civil Aviation Policy, 2013 released last weekend by Princess Stella Adaeze-Oduah, minister of Aviation, which implied that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has been stripped of the duties.
NAERU is to regulate the economic, commercial and financial practice of the aviation service providers.
