The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, recently made effort to sell one of government’s projects in the aviation road map, which is airport concession. Chinedu Eze writes that while majority of stakeholders have embraced the initiative, the labour unions are still kicking against it It is still surprising that at the twilight of the […]
Many Nigerians have inadvertently booked and paid for flights on fraudulent airline sites, which are either cloned or copied to look like that of the airlines by fraudsters. In fact, it is projected that air travellers may have lost about N2 billion on such fake sites in the last five years, but as airlines strive […]
Nigeria’s growing domestic carrier, Ibom Air on Monday commenced daily scheduled flights to Port Harcourt with plans to extend its operations to other destinations. The airline deployed its newly leased Airbus A220-300 in its inaugural flight to Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, bringing to six, the total number of destinations it operates in the […]
Azman Air flight from Lagos to Maiduguri en-route Abuja was on Thursday forced to make air return when the aircraft landing gear refused to retract after takeoff. THISDAY learnt that the pilot explained to passengers that the gear pin was not removed before the aircraft took off to enable the landing gear to retract so […]
Ethiopian Airlines Group has become Africa’s top airline in passenger and freight traffic retaining its leadership position in the continent. According to the African Airlines Association’s (AFRAA) report, Ethiopian has been ranked first by passenger and cargo traffic in 2020. Ethiopian carried 500 thousand tons of freight and 5.5 million passengers through its main hub, […]
