We will make air travel easier, Green Africa CEO assures

By Faith YahAya, Abuja

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Green Africa airline, Babawande Afolabi has promised to make air travels easier and cheaper for Nigerians.

He said with N16, 500 for tickets, Nigerians will get the opportunity to fly to their destination easily.

Afolabi spoke at the conference room of the international wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja after the airline made its maiden flight yesterday.

He said: “We will use the power of air travel to create a future and make life easier for normal people.

“The level of support that we have got across the board kept us to where we are now and it is also an inspiration for us as we go in the future.

“We look forward to many more flights and connecting people with their dreams and opportunities within the country and across the continent.”

The Director – General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Musa Nuhu congratulated the airline for the successful launch.

Nuhu, who was represented by the Regional General Manager, NCAA Abuja, Engr Sulemain Akwuh, urged the airline to uphold the standards that gave them the operational license.

He said: “Remember all the processes you have been through. You have gone through the standards. The standards are the same all over the world; there is nothing like over regulations or under regulations. Everything we do is in line with the regulations.

“You have given us a standard now which you have been licensed to go along with and those standards we always hope you will uphold – safety and security.

“For a better business, you need to keep innovating in your own business approaches to win more customers that is the only thing that can complement the safety. We talk about safety but we know your major goal is making profit but you have to balance the two so that you can make more profit.”

Also, the Regional General Manager, North Central and Abuja Airport of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mahmud Sani pledged to work with the airline “delicately” to the benefit of the air travelers.