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May 17, 2024
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag carrier, Emirates, will resume flight services to Nigeria from 1 October, 2024, operating a daily service between Lagos and Dubai. It would be over two years (exactly 25 months) after the airline suspended flights to Nigeria over blocked funds amounting to over $85m. Authorities…
May 6, 2024
Nigeria may experience another major disruption in oil production if helicopter operators providing services to oil rigs across the country go ahead with their threat to ground operations. This followed the introduction of a new $300 levy by the federal government through the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. A…
April 22, 2024
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2023 We value our...
January 9, 2024
For the first time, a major U.S. airline will have a female CEO. JetBlue announced that Joanna Geraghty, the company’s president and COO, will be its next CEO.
November 26, 2023
Aviation is a bit more drastic. Every time you land, there’s more wear and tear to the tyres because they get bald.
November 12, 2023
Amidst the clamour by foreign airlines to repatriate their trapped funds, amounting to $800m, no fewer than four domestic airlines have over $54m (N43.4bn) trapped with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Daily Trust can report. The money comprises foreign exchange forward paid to the CBN as well as payment for participating airlines in…
October 27, 2023
Ethiopian Airlines has finally broken its silence over its involvement in the controversial Nigeria Air project launched by the last administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The largest airline in Africa through its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Mesfin Tasew disclosed that the airline was almost withdrawing from the deal but it was prevailed upon by…
October 23, 2023
Our businesses at risk – Indigenous carriers Go and build your capacity – Foreign airlines What Bilateral Air Service Agreement says Foreign and domestic airlines have disagreed on the plan by the federal government to stop multiple entry points for the former. While domestic airlines are complaining that the decision to allow foreign airlines…
October 4, 2023
Nigerian domestic airlines are in a race to meet the January 2025 deadline set by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to raise their minimum aircraft to six, Daily Trust can report. Amidst the opposition trailing the move by the NCAA which has been inculcated in the recently amended Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (NigCAR), the…