Domestic carrier, Dana Air has been announced as the newest member of the International Air Transport Association. The airline said the IATA membership was coming two years after it passed its International Operations Safety Audit and was admitted into the association’s global safety registry. The Dana Air’s Accountable Manager, Mr. Obi Mbanuzuo, said that becoming […]
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The Senate yesterday listed Nigeria’s aviation sector as one of the most hostile environments in the world. This was even as some unemployed pilots in the country have cried out to the red chamber to bail them out of joblessness through legislations that will turn the sector around. Senate’s assessment of the sector came through […]
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Bankrupt German airline Air Berlin says its existence is threatened by an apparent wildcat strike, after 200 pilots called in sick at short notice Tuesday. The ailing carrier was forced to cancel more than 100 flights including trans-Atlantic connections, causing chaos at several German airports. The airline’s chief executive, Thomas Winkelmann, accused pilots of “playing […]
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Nigeria’s Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has pushed aside the suit flied by shareholders of Arik Air against the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines over purported talks to rescue the troubled carrier. According to AMCON, the fact that the Arik is hugely indebted to various creditors to the tune of over ₦300 billion, and has […]
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Despite stiff opposition by various stakeholders against the privatisation of the nation’s leading airports, Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, disclosed that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has agreed to concession the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. Speaking at the fifth edition of the presidential quarterly business forum, which held […]
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As construction commences on the 10-lane Lagos International Airport Road, the Chairman of Golden Tulip Essential Hotel, Ifeanyi Onwubiko, has announced that the hotel, in partnership with Rescue Technologies Limited, has set up a 24-hour ambulance service along the airport road and its environs to take care of accidents or other forms of emergencies that […]
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Med-View Airline announced the acquisition of a new Boeing B777-200ER aircraft, which it would be deploying on its Lagos-London route. The modern generation aircraft has registration number CS-TFM and is configured to sit a total of 326 passengers. Since its debut on the Lagos-London route on November 20, 2015, the airline had operated with a […]
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Arik Air Limited has filed a N20 billion suit against the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines over recent claims in the media that they were negotiating the takeover of the airline. The suit was instituted by the airline at the Federal High Court, Lagos against Ethiopian Airlines, the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Attorney […]
Read More Insolvent German airline Air Berlin may drop more long-haul routes next week, earlier than planned, to cut costs as it races to find investors before it runs out of cash, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest airline, filed for bankruptcy protection in August after shareholder Etihad Airways withdrew funding […]
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One of the indigenous airline, Dana Air, on Tuesday said it had recruited and trained not less than 45 Nigerian Pilots in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Madrid, Spain so far. The airline’s Media Communications Manager, Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, in a statement issued in Lagos, explained that this was part of the airline’s efforts towards contributing […]
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Nigeria has notified the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) of its intention to join the aircraft carbon emission programme from 2021. Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director-General,Capt Muhtar Usman said Nigeria was leading in the development of action on carbon emission mitigation in measures for countries accredited for ICAO Western and Central African ( WACAF) […]
Read More Nigeria own Asset Management Company (AMCON) has denied the story making the rounds that Ethiopian Airlines was in discussion with it to buy over Arik Air. AMCON in a statement by its Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Jude Nwauzor, explained that contrary to such reports, AMCON was not aware of any current discussion or negotiation […]
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