Africa's most successful carrier, Ethiopia Airlines has disclosed that it may partner Nigeria to establish the planned national carrier. This was disclosed by the Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Tewolde Gebremariam. Bloomberg reported that Gebremariam had started talks on the partnership with the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika on Tuesday at the Farborough […]
Dana Air has emerged the Best Customer Friendly Domestic airline 2018 at a summit and award ceremony organised by the Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives in Nigeria (AFARN) in Lagos recently. Dana Air also pledged to support one of the recipients of the integrity award who appealed for support at the event, as part […]
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has disclosed that the Federal Government had started negotiations with aircraft manufacturers and investors towards the unveiling of the national carrier at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom. Sirika disclosed this in a statement by James Odaudu, Deputy Director, Media and Public […]
Determined to fulfill its promise of resumption of flight operations at Asaba Airport in July, the Delta State government has given approval for the reactivation of the Airfield Ground Lighting Systems (AGLS). It will be recalled that components of the AGLS along with others that have been previously installed were badly affected by the ongoing […]
The airline, at its yearly general meeting in Lagos, disclosed to shareholders an increase in turnover of 42 per cent at N36.961 billion from N26.039 billion in 2016 and an increase in profit after tax of 63 per cent at N1.255 billion from N772 million in 2016. Consequently, a dividend of 3k per every 50k […]
Why should aviation security personnel bear arms? People do not bear arms for the fun of it. When we talk of people bearing arms, they should be able to justify the reason why they want to do so. The argument they want to present, one would want to listen to it. Growing insecurity is definitely […]
One of Nigeria's commercial airlines, First Nation Airways, has abandoned schedule flight service for charter operations. This was confirmed in a telephone interview by the airline to journalists who wanted to know why it still operates one aircraft instead of the minimum of two as prescribed by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations for scheduled service. […]
Since it started operations more than three years ago, Air Peace has recorded surprising success to become the airline with the highest number of aircraft in West Africa. Now, it is poised to lead other Nigerian operators to take over the travel market of the sub-region, writes Chinedu Eze Since the past 20 years Nigerian […]
Cape Town International Airport has once again won the prestigious award for best airport in Africa. The announcement was made at the Skytrax, World Airport Awards held in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday. This is the third consecutive year that Cape Town has won this award, often referred to as the "Oscars of the aviation industry". […]
Travel agencies in the country will next week converge at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to chart path to the growth of aviation and tourism as a potential mainstay of the economy. The agencies, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), at their elective Annual General Meeting (AGM), will be reemphasizing […]
