Global airlines warned on Monday that concerns over blocked airline funds in Africa, especially in Nigeria, and abroad might lead to service disruptions if efforts to unfreeze money owed did not progress. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a briefing on the launch of an effort to enhance African aviation that some $1.6 Read More…
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Sanwo-Olu gets FG’s approval to construct Lekki Airport
Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, handed the proposed Lekki-Epe International Airport’s official Letter of Approval to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday. At the 9th Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit, which was held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Sirika delivered the letter to the governor on behalf of the Federal Government. Read More…
Nigeria considering China’s C919 plane for Nigeria Air
Nigeria is considering the purchase of China’s newly-certified C919 passenger jet as it projects to grow its new national air carrier Nigeria Air to 30 planes by around 2025, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on Saturday. Sirika said the new airline would have a mixture of Airbus and Boeing planes, but added the carrier is Read More…
How safety fears, poor finances led to Dana Air’s suspension
Safety fears and a poor bank balance hit another Nigerian airline hard on Wednesday. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) suspended Dana Airlines’ air transport licence (ATL) and air operator certificate (AOC) indefinitely. NCAA announced the suspension on Wednesday in a statement signed by its director-general, Musa Nuhu. The authority said it suspended the operating Read More…
Ibom Air breaks ranks with Nigerian domestic aviators’ plan to stop flights over jet fuel cost
Uyo-based airline, Ibom Air, on Saturday said it will not take part in an industry plan to stop flights from Monday over the high cost of jet fuel, saying the move would affect revenues needed to service obligations to financiers and suppliers. The Airline Operators of Nigeria association said on Friday that members will stop Read More…
More than 2,038 lives lost to air accidents in Nigeria in 53 years — Bureau
In picture above: Rescuers and firefighters work among the wreckage from the plane that crashed on June 3, 2012, in Nigeria’s largest city of Lagos, killing all of the 153 people on board, in the densely populated Toyin Area in Lagos. Credits: Emmanuel Arewa/AFP A total of 2,038 persons died in air accidents in Nigeria Read More…
Nigeria to launch new national airline by April, says Sirika
The Muhammadu Buhari administration will not leave in 2023 without establishing a new national airline. The timing is even closer. In spite of the numerous hiccups which have bedevilled its launch in the past, the Nigerian government says it will launch a new national airline by April. When it does so, it will seek to Read More…
[VIDEO] Remembering Flight ADK 086 of Nov 7, 1996
Video reconstruction now available NOVEMBER 7, 1996 was to be a busy evening in Abuja for me. I had scheduled an interview and a photo session with the chef at the Nicon Noga Hilton, now Transcorp Hilton, for the December edition of the ADC Airlines’ inflight magazine, The Plume, which I edited. Nothing gave me Read More…