Category: Aviation

The House of Representatives has poked holes in the purported launch of Nigeria Air at the twilight of the administration of former President, Muhammadu Buhari, declaring it a fraud. Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, declared the launch of Nigeria Air a fraud after the major stakeholders in the deal between the […]

Nigeria Air… Airline operators and aviation stakeholders, yesterday, kicked as the Federal Government mulled the delivery of two Nigeria Air airplanes today, to herald the takeoff of the controversial national carrier. The stakeholders, under the aegis of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), faulted the project coming upstream on the last day of the current […]

By Semiu Okanlawon Even on account of its historical relevance, the MKO Abiola International Cargo Airport, Ido-Osun, Osun State, should be a thing of joy to lovers of economic progress. Siting a project of that nature on an expanse of land set aside for the same purpose since 1936, some 87 years ago, is enough […]

President Muhammaudu Buhari was clearheaded in his plan for the air transport sector, for which he appointed an aviator as minister – the first ’round peg in a round hole’ in the 95-year history of aviation in Nigeria. Eight years after, not only has the uneasy tenure failed to deliver on Buhari’s core promise of […]

The Federal Government has announced that the Federal Ministry of Aviation has been renamed the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace of Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Sirika said the change became necessary because it […]

Foreign airlines, yesterday, pushed back on the recent upward review of the Rate of Exchange (RoE) and attendant spike in the cost of international air travel, saying they were induced by the Central Bank’s exchange rate and local market volatility. The airlines, under the aegis of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said the exchange […]

NSIB begins investigation It was a chaotic scene at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, yesterday, as Max Air airline had a serious incident on landing, and abruptly cordoned off the busy runway. The emergency incident, which occurred at about 2:58 p.m., panicked onboard passengers, as much as it distressed all Abuja outbound and […]

The bureaucratic bottlenecks stifling national export potential have taken another turn with the two major ground handlers in the air transport sector raising cargo processing charges by 100 per cent. The spike, courtesy Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) and the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company’s (NAHCO) new pricing regime has grounded export activities, especially at the […]

The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has ordered all illegal occupants to relocate from all airport lands for their own safety and security. FAAN General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, in a statement, said the recent demolition of 13 houses posed dangers to the operations of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State. […]