Aviation Cabotage Policy to Resolve BASA Treaties, Says Legal Expert

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, has stressed that developing a cabotage policy in the aviation sector will resolve problems associated with the existing lopsided Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) the country signed with different nations whose airlines operate into Nigeria.

Agbakoba made this known in a presentation made available to THISDAY on Wednesday.

He explained that bilateral air service agreements are international trade agreements that permit the airlines of two countries to conduct air transport services between their respective territories and noted that currently, Nigeria has signed over 80 bilateral air service agreements with various countries, which have largely failed to benefit the country.

THISDAY, January 25, 2019

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