FG Hikes Passenger Service Charge by 100%, Shifts Resumption of Int’l Flight
Aviation August 28, 2020
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
FG Says International Flights Will Resume In Weeks
Aviation August 6, 2020
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
COVID 19: FG Fines British Airline N1m for Operating Illegal Flight Into Nigeria
Aviation May 24, 2020
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
15.2 m Passengers Used Nigerian Airports In 2018
Aviation February 11, 2019
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
10.9 m Passengers Use Nigerian Airports in 9 Months
Aviation December 17, 2018
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 Charged to be Vigilant over Ebola Virus
Aviation May 15, 2018
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
AMCON Says Arik Air Needs N10bn to Resume Full Operations
Aviation February 12, 2017
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
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