Nigeria Air begins recruiting as it asks for applicants with Boeing 737 experience

PLANS to get proposed national carrier Nigeria Air going have been stepped up over the last week with aviation officials asking for applications from staff interested in working for the airline.

In 2018 at the Farnborough Air Show in the UK, aviation minister Senator Hadi Sirika announced plans to launch the national carrier Nigeria Air in December that year. It was to fly to 80 different destinations and would have had a fleet of 30 aircraft but the project was later scrapped after it was discovered that no budgetary provision had been made for the venture.

Since then, the Nigerian government has been desperately trying revive the project, wooing investors and foreign airlines to take out stakes in the venture. In April this year, former Virgin Nigeria Airways boss Captain Dapo Olumide was named as the interim managing director of Nigeria Air as plans to float the new airline with Qatar Airways as a major stakeholder were announced.

This morning, Nigeria Air announced that it will be launching shortly with Boeing 737-800 aircraft, followed with B787 aircraft for international operations. It further stated that the new airline will be owned by a Nigerian private investor consortium, together with a 5% federal government holding and an Ethiopian Airlines shareholding.

Positions advertised as being available for employment included B737 captains, B737 first officers, B737 cabin crew and B737 engineers. According to the airline, other positions will be available on the portal www.nigeriaair.world.

A Nigeria Air spokesman said: “The positions are based in Abuja or Lagos. Competitive salaries are offered. Due to the immediate recruitment requirements for the above operational positions only, we ask that CVs be sent to the following email address: recruitment@nigeriaair.world

"Your application will be carefully assessed, and suitable candidates will be invited for an interview. We will not reply to applications that do not meet the above criteria.”