The Federal Government said yesterday that Nigeria Air will soon start flying, having got the aircraft ready and painted in its colours.
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa…
Another disruption in the aviation industry is imminent as three workers’ unions have threatened to ground operations at the Nigerian Meteorological Agency over wages over failure to implement minimum consequential adjustment wage.
The unions, which include the National…
British airline Flybe suspended deals on Saturday and said all flights had been cancelled.
“We regret to announce that Flybe has come under management,” the airline said in a Twitter post.
Flybe is no longer in business.
All Flybe flights to and from the UK have been…
Emirate airline has announced the reinstatement of its flight operations to Lagos, starting September 11.
The airline said this in an email to customers yesterday.
The development comes almost a week after the federal government released the sum of $265 million to foreign airlines in the country to settle outstanding ticket sales.
We are pleased to inform you that effective from 11th September…
The contractor handling the construction of the MKO Abiola International Airport at Ido Osun in Osun State, JM & AS Limited, has written the state government to demand immediate payment of N570.2m debt expended on the project or be ready for court action.
The firm…
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has withdrawn action to suspend flight operations following the increase in aviation fuel.
In a joint statement by AON, it disclosed that further to numerous calls from the highest echelons in government with promises to urgently…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said that airlines have continued to sell tickets beyond the date announced for the proposed service shutdown which is an exploitation of consumers and a violation of the law.
The Commission, however, expressed optimism that airline operators cannot suspend domestic flight operations as announced, adding that airline…
Ibom Air, one of Nigeria’s carriers has pulled out of plans by most airlines in Nigeria to shut down flight operations from Monday.
This decision is coming barely 24 hours after the Airline operators of Nigeria, (AON) disclosed plans to shut down operations following the…
This denial follows the report carried by a media outfit with headline ’61 Years After Nigeria’s Foremost Airline, Aero Contractors Goes Under.”
According to Aero, the story is highly speculative, preposterous and misleading of what was not discussed.
According to the…
Representatives & Minister Hadi Sirika appeal to airlines over planned shut down
May 7, 2022
Nnolim Nnaji, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Aviation and Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, has appealed to the Airline Operators of Nigeria, (AON) to rescind action on its planned shutdown of operations.
This is also as the Aviation Committee Chairman disclosed that the House of Reps Leadership had already summoned a meeting of the stakeholders including the chairmen of…