The chief executive officer of Airpeace, Allen Onyema, on Friday, stated that the airline is ready to kickstart direct flight from Nigeria to Isreal. Onyema, stated this against the backdrop of the comment of the executive secretary of the Nigerian ...
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The management of Value Jet Airline has commenced maiden commercial local flight operations. The inaugural flights took off on Monday 10, October 2022 at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Terminal 2, Ikeja, to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Asaba and Jos. ...
Read More »NCAA Threatens To Ground Airlines Over N19bn, $7.6m Debts
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has accused the Nigerian local airlines of deliberate attempt to cripple its operations. NCAA said the local airlines are owing it over N19 billion and $7.6 million on ticket charges they have collected from ...
Read More »Aviation Crisis: Airlines Cut Workforce, Dana Mulls Resumption
Domestic airlines have continued to cut down on their workforce as the crisis in Nigeria’s aviation industry lingers, it was learnt on Monday. It was also gathered that though plans were on the way to re-engage some of the disengaged ...
Read More »African Airlines Record 103.6% Rise In Passenger Traffic
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) yesterday released its passenger data for June 2022 showing a strong recovery in air travel across all regions. The association, representing 290 airlines, however, noted that it has returned to year-on-year traffic comparisons, instead ...
Read More »Aviation Fuel Hike: Wealthy Nigerians Smuggling Jet-A1 to W’Africa – Senate Panel
The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District and the Chairman of the Senate Aviation Committee, Senator Smart Adeyemi, has said that wealthy Nigerians stealing and exporting the Jet –A-1 are responsible for the scarcity of aviation fuel in the country. ...
Read More »Airlines Dump Low Demand Routes As Jet A1 Nears N900/Litre
…Reject closure of Lagos airport runway Airline passengers on less viable routes such as Sokoto, Katsina, Bayelsa, Kebbi, Gombe, Yola, Maiduguri, Bauchi, Ilorin, Jos, Ibadan, Calabar and Akure, may find it difficult connecting their destinations by air as operators are ...
Read More »ASUU: Aviation Unions Warn FG, Join Solidarity Strike
The Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers have called on the Federal Government to urgently and in the interest of the nation put an end to the lingering strike embarked upon by ...
Read More »NIMASA Deploys Special Mission Aircrafts To Fight Oil Theft – Jamoh
Dr. Bashir Jamoh, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has given assurances that two special mission aircrafts in the deep blue project fleet of the agency will be deployed to fight oil theft and protect ...
Read More »5G Networks May Interfere With Aircraft Landing, IATA Warns Nigeria, Others
The International Air Transport Association has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and the governments of other countries to work closely with the aviation industry to ensure that aviation and incumbent aviation safety systems can safely co-exist with new 5G ...
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