Can Nigeria revive its defunct national carrier?

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Nigeria wants to revive its national carrier after it was liquidated in 2004. Experts say the billions of public funds that have gone into the attempts of establishing a national carrier is enough to set up a profitable airline. Eddy Micah Jr. talks to Captain Ahmed Borodo, CEO Flybird Aircraft Management Services Limited and DW correspondent in Abuja Ben Shemang.

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