The Resumption of international flights by  August 29, 2020, as earlier announced , has now been shifted to September 5, 2020 by  The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). This is as the  Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria( FAAN )has increased passenger service charge from N1000 to N2000 with effect... Read more

Sequel to the clamour by travelers for the government to announce the  date for the resumption of foreign flights , the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika  has said that international flights will resume in a matter of weeks. He disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday during the briefing by... Read more

… as It Cuts Salaries of Remaining Staff by 40 % Despite the sacking of  over 70 pilots across its fleet types  recently and the slash of  the salary of its remaining over 2,000  workforce by about 40 per cent ,Air Peace is to further lay off more of... Read more

Hadi Sirika, Nigeria’s Aviation Minister   For contravening section 1.3.3 of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations 2015, and thus operating commercial flights into Nigeria without approval,a British airline, Flairjet has been fined  N1 million  by the Federal Government. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who confirmed this  on Sunday... Read more

Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said yesterday that the Akanu Ibiam International Airport runway rehabilitation will be completed before Easter. The minister, who spoke when he inspected the airport, disclosed  that  the contractor, Messrs PW Ltd, gave an assurance that the project would be completed before Easter  and expressed satisfaction... Read more

Germany’s Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) has  said it will not analyse the black box from the Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet which crashed soon after taking off from Addis Ababa on Sunday. Ethiopian Airlines which stated this in a twitter message however said Thursday that the black... Read more

A total of 15.2 million passengers passed through Nigerian airports in 227,834 aircraft movements in 2018 according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) .   The figure contained in FAAN’s 2018 Annual Report  showed  an increase of 2.5 million passengers over 12.7 million passengers recorded in 2017... Read more

A total of 10.9 million passengers passed through Nigerian airports in 163,646 aircraft movements between January and September 2018 ,according to the  Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).   Statistics obtained from FAAN in Abuja  revealed that  the figure represents an increase of 1.7 million passengers or 15.5 per... Read more

Airlines operating international and regional flights into Nigeria have been charged by the Federal Government  to be very vigilant  on measures to curtail the possible spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).   Part of the measures is for pilots in command of any aircraft to report to air traffic... Read more

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has  said it had discovered deep rooted rot at embattled airline, Arik Air saying  it would require over N10 billion to fix the rot before the largest local carrier could resume full and uninterrupted flight operations to its regular routes across the... Read more