Category: Aviation

International air travelers checking-in at Lagos Airport after over six-hour delay due to industrial action by NAHCO workers yesterday (Inset: Stranded passengers at the entrance of new international terminal in Lagos)…yesterday. Credit: Wole Oyebade British Airways, Ethiopia, Virgin, Qatar, EgyptAir, others grounded for 15 hours Aero Contractors, Air Peace cancel multiple flights, estimate N500m losses […]

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said airfare rose by 97.90 per cent in 12 months from November 2021 to November 2022. In its document titled: “Transport Fare Watch (November 2022),” the Bureau stated that average airfare rose from N37,022.97 in November 2021 to N73,267.57 in November 2022. “In air travels fare, the average […]

The Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) says its budgetary allocation in the past years is insufficient to fund the operations fleet. The Commander of the fleet, AVM Abubakar Abdullahi told members of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence during an oversight visit in Abuja. Represented by Fleet Operations Officer, Mr Ahmed Dari, […]

Tough choices for travellers with N2m, N3m Economy Class tickets Nigeria tops countries with highest blocked funds globally Carriers got $120m not $265m from CBN, says IATA Lawmakers urge understanding as travel experts task FG on obligations to airlines House of Representatives’ appeal to foreign airlines to reopen cheaper layers of fares for the Nigerian […]

We are not aware, local airlines say Nigeria and 16 African countries have agreed to begin implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), starting with the test-run of the initiative. By the new agreement, the 17 countries, out 35 SAATM signatories, will fully open their air transport markets immediately to one another and […]

No court can stop new carrier, Sirika says A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday, issued an Order of Interim Injunction restraining the Federal Government and other parties from executing the proposed National Carrier, Nigeria Air. Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa, after consideration of the application and submission of counsel to the plaintiffs, that is […]

Stakeholders disagree over lawsuit to stop new carrier Air Peace suspends Dubai operations over visa ban The conflicts of interest rocking the new national carrier, Nigeria Air, took a new twist yesterday, as the Ministry of Aviation disowned an organogram showing an all-Ethiopian senior management team for the new airline. Sources in the ministry confirmed […]

Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal II, Lagos Bi-Courtney flays ‘illegal action’, says sacked 37 workers ‘unproductive’ FAAN, BASL, unions begin talks Domestic flight operations were disrupted in Lagos, yesterday, as aviation union members made good their threat to picket Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal II (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL). The action, which began […]

Choice of Ethiopian Airline as the technical partner and major shareholder in Nigeria’s new national carrier has elicited more questions than handlers anticipated. Erstwhile advocates of the carrier are worried that Nigeria Air is walking the path of past mistakes and not in the long-term interest of the country. Wole Oyebade examines posers that should […]

British Airways, has resumed its London-Abuja flight BA83 after cancelling the flight for two days due to the security alerts on terrorism issued by the United States and United Kingdom governments. The United States Mission in Nigeria had issued a security alert over the risk of terror attacks in Nigeria, especially in the Federal Capital […]