Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace, has been recognised with the Distinguished Safety Performance Award by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in Kaduna at the weekend. The award presented by the Kaduna Airport Manager and Chairperson, Airport Safety Committee, Kaduna International Airport, Mrs. Amina Ozi-Salami (DGM), was in recognition of Air Peace’s consistent commitment […]
Besides providing the fastest means of taking people from one place to another, airlines serve as country’s ambassadors because they bear the image of their host country as national or flag carriers. Writer looks at the contribution of Air Peace to nation building as it marks seven years of operation. When Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic forced the suspension of scheduled flight operations, it provided an elixir to cargo freighting, which became a lifeline to many airlines. In Africa, airlines like Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines leveraged on cargo freighting to keep some of their aircraft in the air and earned revenues that sustained the companies during […]
African Ministers of Aviation has described the much-touted proposal by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to impose vaccine passports for air travelers as unacceptable. Also, they said that the move by ICAO is tantamount to discrimination against certain groups of population, especially on the African continent, which still has considerable number of its citizens […]
Aviation labour unions have been fighting themselves over the plan by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to issue Air Operator Certificate to start-up carrier, NG Eagle. While some of the unions insisted that the new airline should not be licenced to operate because it is rising from the ashes of Arik Air, and has […]
