Category: Aviation

United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) A few hours after one of a Lagos-Abuja bound aircraft of United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) diverted to Asaba International Airport, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has suspended the particular wet-leased aircraft operated by the airline. A source close to NCAA on Monday said that the apex civil aviation regulatory body […]

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has summoned the heads of aviation agencies in the country over recurring safety issues in the industry. The meeting, scheduled for Monday in Abuja, will bring together executives from the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigeria Safety Investigation […]

South Africa’s green fuel potential hits 3.2 to 4.5b litres yearly The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has once again bemoaned airlines’ trapped funds in African countries, currently estimated at $1.68 billion. IATA, which is the clearing house for over 290 world airlines, said the perennial challenge is hurting the airlines, the concerned economies, and […]

.177 travelers return to Nigeria Barely days after the two countries agreed to deepen trade ties, a diplomatic row is brewing between Nigeria and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia following the rejection of Nigerian air travellers at Jeddah yesterday. It was learnt that 264 passengers onboard Air Peace airlines had their visas canceled mid-air and […]

Air traffic at Hamburg airport remained suspended Sunday over a hostage situation on the tarmac involving a father and his child, German authorities said. The daily Bild newspaper said the man, a 35-year-old Turk, wanted to be allowed to board a plane to Turkey with his daughter, aged four. “The negotiations are continuing,” in Turkish, […]

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has requested the general public to support it in achieving a successful and credible investigation of the air crash which occurred on Friday night at the Ibadan Airport Runway 22, involving a private jet owned by Flint Aero. The bureau’s request was contained in a statement, on Saturday, by the […]

Tragedy was averted when an aircraft which had Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, on board crash-landed near Ibadan Airport in Oyo State, Daily Trust reports. Information had earlier filtered in that the aircraft crashed, but it was later discovered that it crash-landed. Details of the incident were still sketchy as of press time but it […]

Air Peace yesterday secured the Foreign Carrier Operator Permit (FCOP) which allows airlines from other regions to fly to Europe and Third Country Operator Permit (TCO-UK), paving the way for its proposed operations into the United Kingdom. Its Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Allen Onyema who made this known, said to obtain these permits, the airline went […]

There was request to rebrand ET aircraft in Nigerian colour for Abuja launch, ET GCEO says The management of Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has denied having an interest in the controversial Nigeria Air, contrary to the erstwhile claim that it emerged as the preferred bidder from a ‘rigorous process’. Group Chief Executive Officer of East African […]

Embraer Head of Customer Finance, EMEA, Basil Gygax (left); Chairman of United Nigeria Airline (UNA), Prof. Obiora Okonkwo; IATA Area Manager, West and Central Africa, Dr Samson Fatokun, and Chief Operating Officer of UNA, Mazi Osita Okonkwo, at the presentation of IATA’s certificate of membership to UNA, in Lagos, yesterday For the umpteenth time, local […]