As airfares continue to skyrocket and most airlines fully booked, Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace, has assured customers that it has made adequate preparations to effectively service all its routes during the Christmas season, especially South East and South-South destinations. The airline said some of its aircraft taken abroad for maintenance have started returning and […]
There are strong indications that stakeholders are considering a merger between Arik Air and Aero Contractors, two airlines under the management of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). This, THISDAY learnt, would be in response to the difficult times facing airlines, especially with the disruption caused by the Covid-19. The CEO of Aero Contractors, Captain […]
Nigerian airlines have been under financial distress currently exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic devastation of the sector. Now that another bout of recession has set in, Writer wonders if the airlines will survive without government intervention. The domestic airlines are in financial straits because of so many factors. These include the high cost of operations, […]
The Boeing 737 MAX returned to the skies for the first time Wednesday with members of the general public onboard since two fatal crashes forced U.S. regulators to ground the plane in March 2019. American Airlines flew journalists on a demo flight from Dallas to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an effort to reassure passengers that the […]
The Nigerian Aviation sector has mourned the immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the late Captain Murtar Usman. Usman who died on Wednesday after a brief illness in a hospital in Zaria, Kaduna State was aged 64 years. In its twitter handle, NCAA wrote on its twitter handle, “The entire […]
