.Cash trapped carrier unable to fuel existing fleet .MD blames FX, aviation fuel, maintenance cost Barring any urgent intervention, Nigeria’s foremost carrier, Aero Contractors may be on its way out of the skies after over 61 years of flight operations. With only two aged aircraft, Bombardier Dash 8-300 and Boeing 737-500 in their early […]
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) yesterday faulted the proposal of the federal government to concession four major airports in Abuja, Kano, Lagos and Port Harcourt. NUATE, consequently, asked the federal government to review its plan on concession and the welfare of workers who would be affected when investors take over the management […]
Operators at the cargo terminal of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have confirmed that currently some foreign airlines have refused to airlift cargo from Nigeria to European destination, except London. The airlines that refused to airlift Nigerian cargo include Turkish Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa and KLM. Managing Director of Flights and Logistics Solutions […]
No fewer than 250 travel and aviation stakeholders in Nigeria and the Diaspora would participate at the 26th edition of the annual conference of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), slated for Thursday, July 28, 2022 at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Lagos. The speakers drawn from airlines, government agencies, travel agents, […]
There are indications that air travel has picked up again as the low period of February and March, when airlines barely had full flight, is over, a development that has brought excitement among industry stakeholders. Airline operators attributed the improvement to the Easter holidays and the fact that many travellers who shunned the airports when […]
