Tag Archives: Aviation

Air Peace, Nigeria’s premier airline and West Africa’s largest carrier, collaborated with The Boeing Company, a leading global aerospace company in the US, and Cranfield University, a specialist postgraduate university in the UK with world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships that creates leaders in technology and management globally, to fortify safety culture and operational excellence at Air Peace Limited.

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, August 26, 2022, released the sum of $265 million to airlines operating in the country, to settle outstanding ticket sales.

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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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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.

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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 the Easter holidays. Two hours …

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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 located at the international airport, …

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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 Peace, Mr. Alen Onyema, during …

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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 aircraft maintenance parameters. In his …

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  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 said that over the past …

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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 blamed the development on the …

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