Afghanistan, compared to Nigeria, in terms of the difficulty of running an airline

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), few places in the world are as daunting as Nigeria to run an airline operation.

This, according to the association, is a result of the country’s cost of doing business, which is very pronounced in its aviation sector.

During the weekend, the Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East at the IATA, Kamil Al-Awadhi, mentioned that the only country comparable to Nigeria in terms of difficulty of operation was Afghanistan.

However, Afghanistan’s aviation sector is faced with a security and politics problem, while Nigeria’s was more of an operational cost issue.

“The toughest place to open an airline today is either Afghanistan or Nigeria. Afghanistan, because it is a disaster, and Nigeria, because it is unbelievably expensive to operate,” he stated.