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In an Arise interview, Nwuba said taxes, charges, fuel prices and expensive finance are driving up fares and straining airlines, and argued the sector needs structural reinvention or operators and passengers will keep paying.

Ohunayo said AMCON's initial rescue of Arik was sensible but its prolonged hands-on control led to poor decisions and asset sales; it should have hired professional managers and focused on recovering debts.

Ohunayo recalled nearly two decades of failed attempts at a Fly Nigeria policy, including a cabinet rejection seen as favouring one airline owner, and backed the minister's renewed push for officials to use Nigerian carriers.

ASRTI announced it would mark 100 years of Nigerian civil aviation with the aviation ministry at a 1 December 2025 Abuja event with panels and an honours night, and invited states to hold their own celebrations.

Ohunayo urged NANTA to present a position paper on cross-border ticket sales to NCAA and National Assembly aviation committees, and said government should act where laws are broken or fares manipulated.

Ohunayo backed the proposed Fly Nigeria Act, saying local carriers' small foreign footprint makes it timely and that steering government-funded travel to them would keep public money, jobs and investment at home.

As domestic traffic fell, Ohunayo said weaker incomes were only part of the story, blaming policy gaps and thin schedules at airports like Calabar, and proposed licensing rules that allow smaller aircraft on more city pairs.

The group urged review of Nigeria's 22-year aircraft age limit, saying it makes most airports unviable; Nwuba blamed it for capacity shortages, stressed NCAA effectiveness and suggested ministry training funds educate legislators.

At an aviation ministry stakeholder engagement, ASRTI's Nwuba urged review of aircraft certification and workforce shortages, and raised aircraft age rules, career progression, fares, airport hours and training institutions.

On Lagos State's planned Lekki airport, Ohunayo said it would complement rather than hurt Murtala Muhammed Airport and force better service, and suggested Ogun State's airport faced more competitive pressure.

Report on complaints about South Africa's visa handling in Nigeria; Ohunayo said refusals are longstanding and help South African Airways, and urged Nigeria to apply leverage such as trade measures or Lagos landing slots.

Editorial urging more regular industry forums, crediting ASRTI with starting the Lagos stakeholder talks on Cape Town Convention practice directions and urging airlines and agencies to attend its quarterly breakfast meetings.

On the soaring N528 billion estimate for Abuja's second runway, Ohunayo accepted some inflation-driven variation but called the figure excessive, said the existing runway is underused and suggested FAAN buy aircraft-recovery equipment instead.

Drawing on ASRTI's Lagos breakfast meeting on the Cape Town Convention, the report notes worries the court practice direction favours lessors; Onitiju welcomed it, while Nwuba wanted arbitration addressed before cases reach the high court.

Feature on six aviation agencies operating without governing boards; Ohunayo said the boards are overdue, blamed their absence for unilateral decisions and interference, and urged President Tinubu to constitute them.