With the fast depleting of aviation equipment, coupled with the scarcity of foreign exchange, Nigerian airlines may spend over $3 billion to conduct checks on their aircraft overseas in 2024, THISDAY has learnt. As at last week, the number of operating aircraft was reduced to about 43 because some of the existing aircraft that were […]
The Managing Director and CEO of Nigeria’s oldest carrier, Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi, said despite the challenges the airline faced in the last few years, it is now in a rebound. Excerpts. Give a little genesis of when you took over as CEO of Aero Contractors before you left and later came back. What […]
The Managing Director and CEO of Nigeria’s oldest carrier, Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi has said that domestic airlines should stop funding aviation parastatals to enable them have funds to boost their operation and ensure their survival and profitability. Sanusi said multiple taxation, charges including passenger service charge, terminal charge, landing and parking, overflying charge, […]
A private jet carrying12 passengers and three crew with call sign, N580KR, suffered runway escussion on landing at the Chief Ladoke Akintola Airport, Ibadan, yesterday. No casualty was reported. Source from the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) disclosed that the aircraft, which left Abuja at about 9:15 am was operated by Mattini Air and the […]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the Permit for Non-Commercial Flight (PNCF) of Mattini Airline Services Limited with immediate effect over the Ibadan Airport incident involving its aircraft, which overshot the runway on Friday. Also, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) said it has dispatched its investigators into the scene of the serious incident for investigation […]
