There are concerns that some fuel marketing companies might be selling contaminated fuel to airlines due to poor regulation. The industry was alerted to this when two airlines discovered that their aircraft contained over 100 litres of water after they bought fuel from the same source last year and had to abort their flights, an […]
American attorneys for Ethiopian Airlines, which lost 157 passengers and crew in the second fatal crash of a Boeing 737 MAX in early 2019, have advised the carrier not to accept a settlement Boeing has offered but instead to sue the manufacturer for punitive damages in the U.S. In an urgently worded letter sent Sunday, […]
The Group Managing Director, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, Mrs. Olatokunbo Fagbemi, in this interview reveals that the company lost 70 per cent of its market during the coronavirus lockdown. This, she says has started picking. What is the impact of COVID-19 on your operations since 2020? Last year was a very, very challenging and […]
Passenger who have travelled back to Nigeria since international flight operations reopened on September 5, 2020, have complained of delays at the coronavirus screening procedure where arriving passengers are made to spend hours before they are attended to by port health officials. THISDAY learnt that the passengers are also made to pay for COVID-19 tests, […]
AJ Walters has emerged as preferred bidder for the establishment of aviation leasing company and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) centre in Nigeria. The announcement was made by the Federal Ministry of Aviation, which explained that the Consortium of A J Walters Leasing Limited and Glovesly Pro-Project Limited emerged as the preferred bidders to establish […]
