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Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative in the press since 2012: 4 stories. Each one opens on the publisher's site.

The Guardian (Nigeria) · 20 November 2018 · News report
Airlines face extinction over underpricing, low-income drive
Feature arguing domestic fares near N30,000 cannot cover naira-driven costs; Ojikutu said airlines cannot survive on sub-$100 hour-long flights and faulted NCAA's weak economic regulation.
John Ojikutu
Aviation Business Journal · 17 October 2018 · News report
How Indigenous Airlines Can Be Resilient
Report of ASRTI's Q4 2018 breakfast meeting in Lagos, where Edward Boyo, Dapo Olumide and others blamed airline failures on weak governance, poor financial planning and wrong aircraft choices, and prescribed sound management and maintenance.
Gabriel Olowo
ThisDay · 25 May 2018 · News report
Shrinking Air Travel Market
Feature on Nigeria's shrinking airline fleet; Olowo traced operating aircraft from 54 in 2010 to about 42 and blamed costly fuel, funds and airport rents, while others cited weak governance and undercapitalised carriers.
Gbenga Olowo
Business A.M. (via NAN) · 21 January 2018 · News report
Economic recession responsible for drop in 2017 passenger traffic- Nigerian Aviation group
Olowo blamed recession and a weak December travel season for a roughly 26% fall in 2017 air passengers per NCAA data, and predicted recovery in 2018 as the economy improved and pre-election spending rose.
Gbenga Olowo