Category: Aviation

NCAA okays fresh intakes at IAC Parents wanting their wards to become trained pilots are in for some financial hurdles as major training institutions in the country have increased standard rates. The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State, and the International Aviation College (IAC), Ilorin, Kwara State, have hinted on new tuition […]

Photo: Hotel.ng State govt pledges commitment to college At least three trainer airplanes worth $1 billion have been grounded at the International Aviation College (IAC), Ilorin, Kwara State, over paucity of funds and foreign exchange liquidity crisis. The equipment joined the IAC fleet as brand new a couple of years ago, at the estimated cost […]

American carrier, United Airlines, Tallgrass, and Green Plains Inc. have signed a new joint venture – Blue Blade Energy – to develop and commercialise a novel Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) technology that uses ethanol as its feedstock. If the technology is successful, Blue Blade is expected to proceed with the construction of a pilot facility […]

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 […]