The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says no local airline will be designated to be the Nigerian national carrier.
He said that nominating one local airline to be the national carrier will be unfair to all other local airlines operating in the country.
Keyamo, who was a guest on Channels Televisions Politics Today on Wednesday, said that his ministry is already working on establishing what he referred to as “a proper national carrier”.
“I will push for one (national carrier) and I am working on one. Let me say this publicly now, no local airline will be a national carrier, a flag carrier. So, whoever thinks I am working to promote one to be a flag carrier, I am saying it as