Aviation

Ibom Air Welcoms Her One-millionth Passenger Onboard Its Flight

Recently, the Management of Ibom Air, proudly welcomed the airline’s one-millionth passenger on board flight number IAN4134 departing from Victor Attah International Airport Uyo to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, at 16:00 local time. The passenger, Ms Olowodu Daba Obene, was on the queue to board when the count to the 1,000,000th passenger began. Ibom […]

Aviation

Air Peace Clinches Humanitarian Award As Onyema Gets Changemaker Recognition

Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace has added another feather to its cap by clinching the Humanitarian Airline 2021 Award at the Aviators Africa Tower Awards, which held recently at Radisson Blu Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. This is as the Chairman of the airline, Allen Onyema, also received the Changemaker Recognition Award- Breaking Grounds. According to […]

Aviation

With N150bn Pension Liability, FAAN Workers Fear Concession Will Derail Their Entitlements, Vow to Disrupt Process

Workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) have vowed that they would not allow the concession of the terminals at major airports across Nigeria to succeed, unless government guaranteed their entitlement before the take over of the facilities by the concessionaires. The Secretary, Air Transport Service Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) FAAN […]

Aviation

As Towing Companies Device New Ways of Extortion

Air travellers and other airport users who drive to both domestic and international terminals of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos may become victims of the numerous towing companies engaged by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), as they have devised illicit ways to extort money from motorists. The towing companies deploy their […]

Akinkuotu Aviation

Akinkuotu: We Lost 90% of Our Income Due to COVID-19 IN 2020

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Captain Fola Akinkuotu said that the devastation caused by COVID-19 in the aviation industry affected the agency’s revenue, but the management is doing everything possible to maintain and continue to improve in providing navigational, surveillance and communication services to the aviation industry. Excerpts: Air traffic […]