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At an ASRTI breakfast meeting in Lagos, Ojikutu warned current practices risk a return to the deadly crashes of 2005–2006, criticised non-specialist ministers and NCAT's decline, and urged designating Nigerian airlines as flag carriers.

At ASRTI's Q3 2023 breakfast meeting in Ikeja, tax reform committee chair Taiwo Oyedele and NCAA, NAGAFF and Asaba airport voices called for harmonising overlapping aviation levies that hurt competitiveness and push cargo to neighbouring countries.

As Keyamo took office, Ohunayo advised caution, urging review of agreements signed over the previous eight years and a legal team to resolve disputed concessions so genuine investors would come in.

ASRTI's 39-point Q2 2023 communique renewed its demand to limit foreign airlines to Lagos or Abuja plus one secondary point, and urged BASA review, reciprocity, airline mergers and readiness for SAATM and AfCFTA.

At ASRTI's Q2 2023 meeting, participants urged restoration of the regulator's autonomy and digitisation of its processes; Senator Adede said NCAA had ceded powers back to the ministry despite the Civil Aviation Act.

At ASRTI's Q2 2023 brunch meeting, Air Peace's Allen Onyema faulted NCAA for publishing delay figures without causes, while outgoing president Olowo proposed merging domestic airlines into two competing flag carriers.

Coverage of ASRTI's Q2 2023 brunch meeting, where Adede and Onyema blamed bureaucracy and land costs for Nigeria lacking an MRO; the event also marked Olowo handing the presidency to Onitiju.

ThisDay preview of the July 11, 2023 ART business meeting in Ikeja, themed on resetting aviation, with Onyema leading discussion and a panel to shape an agenda for the incoming government.

Preview of ASRTI's Q2 2023 brunch business meeting in Ikeja on resetting aviation for the new administration, with Allen Onyema as lead speaker, Musa Adede chairing, plus AGM, elections and a two-decade history book.

Guardian version of ASRTI's call to abandon the Nigeria Air project and let private operators consolidate into two or three large flag carriers, with bilateral agreements reviewed for reciprocity.

Olowo urged the Tinubu government to avoid running businesses like Nigeria Air, proposing instead that 20-plus licensed airlines form two or three alliances of about 50 aircraft as flag carriers, backed by reviewed BASAs.

Stakeholders condemned Sirika's eleventh-hour agency appointments; ART proposed a 30-day transitional extension so the incoming government could choose its own chiefs, and urged compliance with the NCAA Act.

ART proposed folding the aviation ministry into Transport, criticised Sirika's last-minute decisions and micromanagement, demanded NCAA independence and opposed moving NASRDA under aviation.

Olowo argued a debt-recovery agency was ill-suited to turn airlines around, noted Arik's shrinkage to about six working aircraft, scored the outgoing government around 40% on reforms, and raised $718 million in trapped foreign airline funds.

After Sirika removed FAAN and NAMA chiefs late in his tenure, ART called the appointments capricious and objected to renaming the ministry to include aerospace and moving NASRDA under it.

On the stalled airport concessions, Ohunayo, as ART spokesman, said private operators bring efficiency, citing Asaba and Warri, and urged restructuring FAAN into a listed profit-making company while faulting Sirika's impact on agencies.

Feature on repeated stowaway breaches at Lagos airport; Ojikutu urged regular NCAA security inspections and audits, warning that any neglected security layer exposes the airport to threats.

Olowo told Nairametrics that new state airports such as Abia and Edo are politically appealing but uneconomic, and urged investment in a Lagos hub with better terminal links and fewer checkpoints.

Olowo urged that international fares be payable in dollars and other currencies, arguing naira-only rules let foreign carriers restrict seat inventory and exploit travellers.

Drawing on an ASRTI communique, the report says the failure to inaugurate agency boards required by the Civil Aviation Act has concentrated decisions on the minister and weakened accountability; NUATE's general secretary echoed the concern.

Nairametrics' report of the same Q1 meeting: Olowo called Nigeria Air stillborn and the national MRO unborn, rated concession inconclusive, and faulted absent agency boards and a costly NAHCO strike.

At a Lagos breakfast meeting on aviation beyond the 2023 polls, ASRTI scored 2015–2023 as below par, saying few of its recommendations were implemented while crediting the new Civil Aviation Act and accident-investigation reforms.

Feature on skills gaps and strict operator certification rules; Olowo said Nigeria lacks neither expertise nor knowledge in aviation, only genuine government commitment to fixing problems.

On rising bird strikes, Ohunayo said FAAN, not the ministry, is responsible for wildlife control, that strikes can be minimised in hotspot areas, and that insurance liability should return to the FAAN Act.