The low passenger traffic and industrial disruptions are making it extremely difficult for the airlines to continue as going concerns, writes Chinedu Eze When Nigerians airlines were pushing for the resumption of flight operations after the coronavirus lockdown, many of them knew that passenger traffic would be low, but there were others who were sanguine. […]
The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc and the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) are mired in a controversy over the N1.1 billion gratuities paid to the ex-workers of the company as severance package during the privatisation of the foremost handling firm. The gratuities were supposed to be paid by the Bureau for Public Enterprise […]
Last week, the management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) confirmed that it was broke. The agency revealed that it had borrowed money to pay salaries for the previous month. Similarly, it was difficult for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to pay its workers in April, May and June, which were periods […]
*200 Nigerian Prisoners in Saudi Arabia to be Repatriated The federal government on Wednesday disclosed that it has completed plans to provide three free flights to evacuate Nigerians stranded in the United Arab Emirates, (UAE). The plan for the evacuation flights was prompted by the decision of the UAE to send Nigerian citizens living in the country […]
Respite came the way of some of the pilots recently sacked by the management of Air Peace, as many of them would soon be recalled to their jobs. This was the fall-out of an intervention meeting called by the Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika between the airline management and the leadership of the National […]
