Aviation

Aminu Agoha, President of NANTA, the umbrella body of all travel agencies operating in Nigeria, who addressed aviation correspondents in Lagos, said it had become necessary for the union to voice its concern on the […]

Arik Air, Nigeria and West Africa’s largest carrier has increased flight frequency on the Lagos-Warri and Abuja-Warri route due to the temporary closure of Benin Airport by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Starting […]

I am not a member of any cabal in aviation that wishes to milk funds from the system through any minister, therefore my stand is simple: scrap the ministry of aviation. The whole world has […]

Arik Air, Nigeria and West Africa’s largest carrier has introduced new summer timings on the Lagos- Johannesburg route. Additionally, the baggage allowance on the route has been increased for both Premier and Economy Class passengers. […]

Arik Air, West Africa’s largest airline has been ranked as one of the top ten airlines in the world to offer most comfortable economy class seat. According to a report by www.airlinequality.com Arik Air is […]

Aviation industry in Nigeria is, again, experiencing pilots’ glut. There are about 500 unemployed professional pilots in the system today. The number of seasoned /experienced pilots who are jobless stands at about 100, while about […]

Foreign airlines’ extortion of Nigerian traveling public, through high fares on some international routes, is gradually being addressed, as the Federal Government has designated a domestic airline, MedView, on 10 foreign routes. The approval was […]

A NIGERIAN leading, globally recognized courier/cargo firm, ABX World (Nigeria), is making its mark in the world stage with the company’s role in agro-allied products exports and markets across Europe. In its latest drive, ABX […]

Nigeria’s first ever pilot, Capt. Robert Emmanuel Hayes, turns 80 today but has chosen to celebrate it quietly, only with a church service, in London, where he is currently based, to mark the day. Nigeria’s […]

Flight delays and cancellations being experienced by Arik Air passengers in the last few days have been attributed to the general scarcity of aviation fuel (Jet A1) in Lagos. There has been short supply of […]

Arik Air, West Africa’s largest airline currently serving 18 destinations across Nigeria as well 12 international routes including London’s Heathrow Airport and New York’s JFK Airport announced today that its Executive Board has taken the […]

Arik Air paid over N4 billion to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria  (FAAN ), for landing , parking fees, rent, passenger service charge (PSC), and fuel surcharge last year. The payments, it was gathered  […]

Contrary to the claim by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, that Arik Air has not been paying its bills and honouring its financial obligations to the aviation agencies, Vanguard investigations revealed that Arik […]

The whole world has discarded a ministry dedicated to aviation alone. In addition to the associated cost elements, a ministry of aviation as opposed to a ministry of transport is directly an “addictive inverse” to […]

The whole world has discarded a ministry dedicated to aviation alone. In addition to the associated cost elements, a ministry of aviation as opposed to a ministry of transport is directly an “addictive inverse” to […]

Officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Thursday morning disrupted Arik Air’s operations at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. They denied the airline’s staff access to their duty post making it impossible […]

Many times passengers on inbound flights to Lagos, Abuja and major cities that sometimes play host to Mr President are told by the pilots that in another five minutes the plane will begin descent to […]

Passengers are stranded at the nation’s airports as air traffic controllers across the country on Thursday morning embarked on a six-hour warning strike. According to a statement by the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers […]

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that Arik Air of Lagos, Nigeria has placed the first dual-classCRJ1000 NextGen aircraft configured with three-abreast business-class seating into service in West Africa. Arik Air will use the CRJ1000 NextGen […]