The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic has announced a four-week extension of the suspension imposed on air travels in the country.
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SAHCO Secures Ethiopian Airlines Ground Handling Contract
The Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC has secured contract to provide ground handling services to Ethiopian Airlines at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Nigeria.
Passengers To Get Refund As Aero Aircraft Fails To Fly After 2 Hours
An Aero Contractor aircraft to fly Lagos-Abuja-Sokoto route 9am on Tuesday has experienced a serious delay. The delay may not have been dissociated from a technical issue the airline is still trying to fix by noon. Meanwhile, passengers were agitated as many of them were going either for business operations or to resume work after […]
Aviation Workers’ Union Picket Companies For Alleged Unjust Treatments Against Workers
Members of the Nigerian Union of Aviation Transport Employees (NUATE) have staged a two-day peaceful protest to protest inhuman treatment meted against some of their members during a protest they staged last week. The union last week protested the unlawful sacking of some of their members working at the Newrest Airline Services and Logistics PLC […]
2017 Expanded Horizon Conference on Aviation Education Infrastructure Challenges and Potential…Pix
Photo Caption: From Left: Chairman, Lubcon Limited, Alhaji Jani Ibrahim; Representative of Minister for State of Aviation, Director of Operation and Training of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Sidi Abdullahi; Sales Director, West Africa Commercial Airplanes, Boeing, Mr. Larry Tolliver, Executive Director, Spring fountain, Mrs. Tokunbo Fagbemi, Special Guest, Chief Femi Olopade and Chairman, Air […]
‘Aviation most hit by recession’
Foremost aviation union, the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) declared yesterday that the nation’s economic recession has the most biting effect on the aviation sector. The National President, Comrade Ahmadu Ilitrus, said the situation was exacerbated by the perennial scarcity and high cost of aviation fuel (Jet A1) as well as […]
Nigeria’s Aliu re-elected ICAO council president
Nigeria’s Aliu re-elected ICAO council president Nigerian-born Dr Benard Aliu has been re-elected by acclamation for a second three-year term as President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Aliu secured the vote at the council’s meeting which took place in Montreal, Canada on Monday night. In his acceptance speech, Aliu […]
Nigerian FirstNation Airline Fails To Resume Flights
Nigerian FirstNation Airline Fails To Resume Flights FirstNation Airline today failed to resume flight operations despite a corporate promise to do so. Our correspondent confirmed that FirstNation Airways, which suspended flight operations about three weeks ago and promised to return yesterday, failed to resume flights. According to agency report, a source close to the airline […]
Air mishap averted in Port Harcourt
A plane on the fleet of Air Peace flying from Port Harcourt to Lagos, today, made a return some minutes after taking off, an official report has confirmed. Mr. Sam Adurogboye, who is the General Manager, Public Relations, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority , confirmed the incident in an interview. According to Adurogboye, a fire alarm was […]