The Bayelsa government at the weekend opened partnership discussions with its Akwa Ibom counterpart on the use of Ibom Air to start commercial flight operations at the Bayelsa International Airport. Speaking as the leader of a high-powered delegation from Bayelsa at a meeting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital, the Deputy Governor, Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, […]
Following a complaint by the former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Joe Abah, regarding a N2,000 charge by officials of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the authority has clarified the reason for the charge. In a statement signed by the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Henrietta Yakubu, and shared on Twitter, the authority […]
The Federal Government is expected to raise $250 million from private investors for the proposed national carrier, Nigerian Air. The Ministry of Aviation made this known in a statement while giving an update on the Aviation Development Roadmap of the present government administration following criticisms over the delay in the implementation of the project. The […]
Lufthansa has confirmed that it has concluded plan to resume flights from the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, as soon as the federal government reopen the airport. This was disclosed by the General Manager, Sales, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, Lufthansa Group, Mrs. Adenike Macaulay. Macaulay said Lufthansa is interested in resuming flights from Port Harcourt […]
Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, yesterday took delivery of another Boeing 737 aircraft at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, for the state commercial airline called Cally Air. The arrival of the second aircraft is coming barely three weeks after the first one was received on April 6, 2021. On the ground to […]
The ministry of interior has asked the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to work with other agencies to upgrade the security measures at airports across the country. In a letter to the Commandant-General of the corps signed by P.O. Egbodo, Director of Joint Services, the ministry said the directive was as a result […]
The Federal Government says Emirates Airline will soon resume flights to and from Nigeria. Musa Nuhu, director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), spoke on Monday during the briefing of the presidential steering committee (PSC) on COVID-19 in Abuja. In March, the federal government suspended inbound and outbound flights by Emirates Airline over its […]
Overseas maintenance of aircraft costs scheduled local airlines excess of N44 billion yearly. The capital flight, from a conservative estimate of about 70 operating airplanes, lately soared given the black market exchange rate of close to N500/$1. Stakeholders said the loss, to airlines in particular and the economy in general was avoidable had the Federal […]
The Academy of Medicine Specialties, together with its Rapid-Response initiative group, has advised the federal government to shut the country's international airports for at least two weeks to avoid the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an urgent advisory issued yesterday, the President of the Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, […]
Arik Air has announced that it will resume direct flights from Lagos to Kano, effective Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The airline said the three weekly flights would operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Arik said the decision to reintroduce direct flights between Lagos and Kano was informed by the importance of both cities as centres […]