Two weeks after the federal government streamlined the agencies at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos to six and relocated the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS) out of the terminal, SaharaReporters can authoritatively report […]
The Nigerian aviation industry has been bedevilled with numerous challenges in recent years, leading to the death of many airlines and, more recently, the acquisition of two major airlines, Arik and Aero contractors, by the […]
Ahead of the June 8 deadline for the implementation of the Federal Government’s executive orders on the ease of doing business in the country, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, says it has begun the […]
After two years of repeated statements of intent, the Federal Government moved a step towards its dream of a national carrier recently by appointing a group of advisers to actualise this long-nurtured ambition and develop […]
Computer problems have forced British Airways to cancel all flights from Heathrow and Gatwick. The airline operates morning flights to Lagos and evening flights to Abuja every day from Heathrow, London. The airline said “a […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that it will carry out an immediate audit of the operations of the distressed carrier, Med-View Airlines. The announcement was made in a statement signed by Mr. […]
THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday ordered Ethiopian Airlines, ET, to stop the extortion of passengers and desist forthwith the illegal collection of unauthorised charges. The landed Ethiopian A350 in Abuja International Airport This […]
The European Commission has banned the aircraft of Medview Airlines from operating in its airspace. But the airline says it has since been operating with a wet-leased aircraft.
Air Peace has condemned the attacks on its staff by some passengers in Abuja, Lagos, Calabar and other parts of the country. The airline in a statement issued by its Corporate Communications Manager, Chris Iwarah, […]
The troubled indigenous airline, Chanchangi, and top officials of the National Industrial Court are at the centre of an alleged conspiracy to deny a retired pilot, Eric Adegbite, 67, his due benefits, several years after […]
United Airlines incurred social media outrage after barring two teenage girls wearing leggings from boarding its flight from Denver in Colorado to Minneapolis on Sunday. Officials said the teenagers did not meet a dress code […]
Hakeem Balogun, the chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington, says different reasons are responsible for the extreme vetting Nigerians face during entry into the US. In an interview with NAN in Washington, […]
After the initial six weeks, the Abuja airport runway will still require another 18 weeks of ‘upgrade,’ an official said on Sunday. According to a statement circulated to select journalists by the presidency, the 18 […]
Business Aviation has a terrible reputation in West Africa. Unfortunately, private jets are still seen in the region as expensive toys for playboy millionaires, insensitive and wasteful Heads of States/Senior Government Officials or politicians and […]
Aero Contractors Airline, which is under the management of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), has sacked about 900 workers representing 60 per cent of its workforce. Letters of redundancy were issued to the […]
The International Air Transport Association, IATA, on Friday said airlines from Sub-Saharan Africa had zero passenger fatalities in 2016. A breakdown of the jet hull loss rates by region of operator (per million departures), according […]
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) is shopping for investors for troubled carrier Arik Air. AMCON told the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions that Nigeria’s biggest airline would have stopped […]
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria on Wednesday said Arik Air and the other firms belonging to its principal promoter, Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide, was indebted to it to the tune of N263.7bn. This is apart from […]
Arik Air has suspended its international flight operations to the London and Johannesburg routes. The spokesman of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, Jude Nwauzor, made the announcement in a statement issued on Tuesday […]
The Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, on Sunday attributed the poor performance of domestic airlines to multiple taxation by various agencies in the aviation sector. Nogie Meggisson, Chairman, AON, made the claim in Lagos while […]
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