Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Mr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam, on Wednesday assured air travel passengers of adequate safety as necessary facilities had been put in place to forestall plane crashes in the country. The NAMA boss appeared before the senate ad-hoc committee on Aviation, to explain efforts being made by his agency […]
Commercial airlines, charter operators and privately owned jets spend about N250 billion annually on aircraft maintenance and simulator training of pilots, THISDAY investigation has revealed. Airlines, according the checks, pay a minimum of $500, 000 for engine overhaul and about the same amount of money for C-Check maintenance on a Boeing 737 aircraft. It was […]
Two planes belonging to Arik Air, yesterday, brushed each other while manoeuvring out of the apron at the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The two planes had their wing tips damaged and have been grounded to allow further investigation into the incident. Reacting to the incidence, spokesman of the airline, Mr. […]
Stakeholders in the aviation industry have expressed skepticism about plans by state governments to build airports in their respective states, with states like Ekiti, Bayelsa, Abia, Osun and Ogun states all at various stages in their plans to build an airport each. They expressed uncertainty that by the time the airports are completed, they would […]
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Hajiya Binta Bello, has said that establishing a national carrier is a priority of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Hajiya Bello stated this in Abuja while receiving the report of a committee constituted to look into the modalities of establishing a new national carrier. The committee was inaugurated on […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos has further adjourned till December 12, 2015 for report of settlement between Dana Airlines Limited and one Pastor Omowumi Oluranti. Oluranti and his co-plaintiff are seeking compensation in the sum of N579.5m for the losses they suffered when an aircraft belonging to Dana Airlines crashed onto their landed property […]
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, may have lost about N25 billion for taking over the debts of Aero Contractors, sources revealed. According to sources familiar with the deal the assets of the carrier worth less than N4 billion, but were overpriced. Findings revealed that AMCON after paying the huge amount of money controlled only […]
Over 140 migrants were rescued in seven operations launched at the weekend in the Mediterranean, the Italian coastguard said. A spokesman told French News Agency (AFP) yesterday that four of the rescue operations had already wound up but the others were ongoing.<span id= “Saturday was quiet on the whole but now there is further movement,” […]
President, Council of the International Civil Aviation Authority, ICAO, Olomuyiwa Bernard, has stated that exorbitant taxes and duties imposed on carriers one of the factors hindering the growth of air transportation in developing countries. According to him, the proliferating taxes gave rise to negative economic impacts on states, adding that ICAO was working to help […]
The allegedly missing Bauchi State-owned aircraft, has landed in Nigeria from Morocco where the state government claimed it was found. The Embraer ERJ 145 touched down on the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport Bauchi at about 10 am Friday. Its whereabouts had been a subject of controversy as the new government suggested the aircraft was […]
