Aviation

The Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) , Captain Mukhtar Usman, has said revenue flow to airlines globally has dropped, owing largely to discontinued state funding , sustained deregulation / liberalisation as well […]

There was considerable drama at the very beginning: Airbus was dead set on delivering the first A350 in the 2014 calendar year to show that it could stick to a schedule. But it had to […]

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two in Lagos, says the delay in the planned commencement of regional and international flights at the terminal is due to regulatory approval yet […]

Allegations making the rounds that Arik Air has increased fares on the London Heathrow, New York JFK and Johannesburg routes are untrue. We wish to make it clear that we have not increased fares on […]

Aviation workers, under the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), have threatened to shut operations of Caverton Helicopters in Lagos, Warri and Port Harcourt over unpaid salaries. Aviation unions have been negotiating with the airline […]

We’ve touched on the rusting carcasses of abandoned airliners littering Nigeria’s commercial airports before, and in 2013 it was reported that the country had been told to clean up its act – by cleaning up […]

These days, it’s easy to be down on air travel — planes are packed, seats are shrinking, fees are frustrating, and delays are maddening. But cheer up, people, it’s not all bad news. Here are […]

The National Union of Air Transport Employees ,NUATE, has revealed that foreign airlines plan to sack about two thousand (2,000) Nigerian workers due to what they claimed is their inability to transfer their earnings to […]

The National Union of Air Transport Employees ,NUATE,  has revealed that  foreign airlines plan to sack about two thousand (2,000) Nigerian workers  due to what they claimed is their inability to transfer their earnings to […]

The suicide bomb attack at the departure hall of Brussels’ Zaventem Airport on Tuesday has prompted several countries worldwide to review or tighten airport security and raised questions about when passengers should be screened when […]

Domestics operations will spend over N560 billion  on aircraft maintenance this year, investigations have revealed. The money will cover major aircraft checks in Europe, Asia, America, South Africa, Ethiopia and Morocco. The checks include “C […]

Not a single UK airline made it into the top 10 European carriers for passenger satisfaction. Luxembourg’s Luxair was ranked number one with a 4.11 out of five rating, with Austrian Airlines (4.08) and Swiss […]

Officials of the Federal Government spent N248 billion on travels between 2012 and 2014. The Special Adviser to the Minister of Finance on Media, Mr. Festus Akanbi, who disclosed this in a statement, in Abuja, yesterday, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari was in Qatar last week and the major news that came out of the visit was the signing of Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between Nigeria and Qatar to pave way for […]

Toward the end of 2015, Nigerians were overjoyed by the news that the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Aviation, had set up a Ministerial Committee that is saddled with the responsibility of supervising the […]

Nigeria and the Qatar on Sunday in Doha signed Bilateral Air Services Agreement, BASA, to pave way for direct flights between major cities of both countries.