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The minister said that now there would be more options for Nigerian travelers, adding that when the federal government signed the Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASA) with the UAE, it was to also secure the route for local operators.
Festus Keyamo the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development disclosed that Emirates Airlines is talking with several Nigerian carriers on establishing codeshare agreements. Keyamo disclosed this immediately after a joint meeting with Emirates officials on arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
Codeshare is an interline partnership where one carrier markets service and places its code on another carrier’s flights. This offers carriers an opportunity to provide service to destinations not in their route structure.
Under the ‘code share’ agreement which is common in the international aviation sector, the originating airline and the supporting airline agree on a formula for sharing the ticket cost.
According to the minister, the Ministry of Aviation has secured some code-sharing agreements for local operators and has agreed with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that domestic airlines must have the right of first refusal during the code-share agreement.
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The minister said there would now be more options for Nigerian travelers, adding that when the federal government signed the Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASA) with the UAE, it was also to secure the route for local operators.
