The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued the United Nigeria Airlines an Air Operators Certificate (AOC) with number UNA/AOC/01-21/961, after meeting the requirements as stated in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations. The AOC would be valid till January 31, 2023, when it would be expected the airline would renew it. With this, the new […]
President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies, Mrs. Susan Akporiaye, in this interview, says the COVID-19 vaccine will be instrumental to the rebound of the global air travel market. What is your projection for this year and how is COVID-19 going to affect the air travel? My projection, even though personality, I love […]
Aviation industry stakeholders have identified scarcity of foreign exchange, lack of maintenance facility and wrong aircraft usage as factors responsible for abandonment of aircraft by Nigerian airlines. The stakeholders spoke in response to claim by the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, recently, that Nigeria tops 10 countries with unserviceable aircraft. The minister quoted CH […]
Last week Emirates Airlines had a spat with the federal government over its plan to introduce COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (RDT) for passengers to be administered four hours before take-off of their flight. The federal government in response banned and unbanned the airline within 24 hours and since then Emirates has cancelled all its Lagos-Dubai […]
With the first delivery of its 13 Embraer E195-E2 on firm order, Air Peace has shown that it is prepared to reposition airline business in Nigeria. When Nigeria’s largest carrier, Air Peace set a continental record with an order for 30 brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft in April 2019, not a few were curious about […]
