Nigeria Risks Becoming Feeder Market as Foreign Airlines Run 127 Weekly Flights

As of September 2026, seven major foreign carriers—Ethiopian Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, RwandAir, Emirates, and Kenya Airways—operate a combined 127 weekly flights from Nigerian airports. This dominance has raised concerns that Nigeria is becoming a feeder market for foreign aviation hubs, undermining its ambition to develop Lagos and other airports into regional hubs. The scale of these operations involves hundreds of thousands of Nigerian passengers, according to LEADERSHIP. The situation highlights the stiff competition from established foreign hubs that Nigeria's aviation sector faces.

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