Identifier
Created
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06ABUJA651
2006-03-23 11:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Abuja
Cable title:
BOEING OFFICIAL ON NIGERIA'S LACK OF AIR SAFETY
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UNCLAS ABUJA 000651
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DOT PASS TO FAA
DAKAR PASS TO FAA REP ED JONES
ROME PASS TO TSA REP JOHN HALINSKI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI
SUBJECT: BOEING OFFICIAL ON NIGERIA'S LACK OF AIR SAFETY
UNCLAS ABUJA 000651
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DOT PASS TO FAA
DAKAR PASS TO FAA REP ED JONES
ROME PASS TO TSA REP JOHN HALINSKI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI
SUBJECT: BOEING OFFICIAL ON NIGERIA'S LACK OF AIR SAFETY
1. (U) Ambassador and embassy officers met March 16 in Abuja
with Chamsou Andjorin, the Boeing International
Corporation's executive director, international relations,
for West and Central Africa; and Philip de St. Aubin,
Boeing's vice president, international relations, for
Africa.
2. (SBU) De St. Aubin said Boeing's No. 1 concern with
Africa was the continent's deficient aviation safety record.
If Nigeria wanted to solve this problem domestically, it
must be willing to spend the money to do so. Nigeria's
aviation industry must undergo drastic consolidation,
because operating safe aircraft was expensive and it was not
economical or safe for many Nigerian airlines to operate
with only two to four aircraft. A fair number of Nigeria's
airlines were owned by "amateurs," some of whom did so for
reasons of prestige.
3. (SBU) The Ambassador agreed with this assessment and
urged Boeing to continue pushing the Government of Nigeria
on the issues of air safety and providing an improved
aviation infrastructure. De St. Aubin pledged that Boeing
would continue to do so.
CAMPBELL
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DOT PASS TO FAA
DAKAR PASS TO FAA REP ED JONES
ROME PASS TO TSA REP JOHN HALINSKI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI
SUBJECT: BOEING OFFICIAL ON NIGERIA'S LACK OF AIR SAFETY
1. (U) Ambassador and embassy officers met March 16 in Abuja
with Chamsou Andjorin, the Boeing International
Corporation's executive director, international relations,
for West and Central Africa; and Philip de St. Aubin,
Boeing's vice president, international relations, for
Africa.
2. (SBU) De St. Aubin said Boeing's No. 1 concern with
Africa was the continent's deficient aviation safety record.
If Nigeria wanted to solve this problem domestically, it
must be willing to spend the money to do so. Nigeria's
aviation industry must undergo drastic consolidation,
because operating safe aircraft was expensive and it was not
economical or safe for many Nigerian airlines to operate
with only two to four aircraft. A fair number of Nigeria's
airlines were owned by "amateurs," some of whom did so for
reasons of prestige.
3. (SBU) The Ambassador agreed with this assessment and
urged Boeing to continue pushing the Government of Nigeria
on the issues of air safety and providing an improved
aviation infrastructure. De St. Aubin pledged that Boeing
would continue to do so.
CAMPBELL