Airline Company, Cita-Triax Aviation, Into Nigeria ’s Aviation Industry.
December 15, 2008 | Airline Flight, Airline Service, Airlines Companies, Aviation
A new vista in the bilateral relations between the United States and Nigeria was opened in Abuja , with the introduction of a new Airline, Cita-Triax Aviation, into Nigeria ’s aviation industry.
Speaking on the occasion, the US Ambassador to Nigeria , Robin Renee Sander commended the initiative, which is collaboration between a consortium of American Aviation experts and a group of Nigerian businessmen led by Chief Cliff Ogbede, the Chairman of Cita Travel Agency Limited.
Sanders said that the introduction of the airline, with its renowned expertise and advanced technology, would complement the efforts of the Nigerian government to upgrade and modernise its aviation infrastructure. She said that the participation of the American private sector in Nigeria ’s aviation industry was an indication of the growing confidence of the United States in the economic potentials of Nigeria and its investment climate.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Anyim Ude, who jointly unveiled the plaque of the new airline with the Ambassador, commended the promoters of the airline for finding Nigeria a suitable investment destination in Africa.
He expressed delight at the intention of the airline to help build the capacity of the aviation sector in Nigeria through collaboration with the Western Michigan University in the United States . The leader of the Cita-Triax team from the United States , Tom Davis, said that they were coming into Nigeria and the rest of West Africa to contribute their quota to the development of the aviation industry in the sub-region.
He said that the company was in Nigeria to bring new aviation ideas so as to improve existing technology, while providing education with the delivery of timely implementation of skills to Nigeria and West Africa . He disclosed that Cita – Triax Aviation was working with National Air Cargo Group and Western Michigan University College of Aviation in the United States.
Another director of the company, Mr. Howard Hackney, commended Nigerians for the reception accorded the group since they arrived in the country. He pledged that Cita – Triax Aviation Limited would deepen the new relationship to the mutual benefit of both countries.
Ogbede, who is the head of the Nigerian group and a director of Cita – Triax Aviation Limited, said that the group, with its expertise and modern technology, was going to turn around the aviation sector in Nigeria and West Africa . Ogbede is the Vice President of Cita-Triax Aviation, worldwide.
