Arik Air is delighted to announce the resumption of flight operations to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano and Yola Airport effective Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Both services will originate from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with connections to and from Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Arik Air will be operating separate flights from Abuja to Kano and Yola. Flights from Abuja to Kano will operate four times weekly on Monday, Wednesday, […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has written a letter to all airline operators, directing them to comply with Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) on Boeing 737 aircraft identified by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The letter referred to the compliance to correct technical issues concerning these particular aircraft types and was directed to all […]
Nigerians who are desperate to travel to long-haul destinations now go to Benin Republic and Equatorial Guinea to catch international flights. Investigations by THISDAY reveal that these two countries did not close their borders because of coronavirus pandemic. Owing to this, THISDAY learnt that people travel by road to Cotonou in Benin and by boat […]
Aviation industry stakeholders have posited that concession is the only choice government have to attract private funds for the development of the airports It is becoming inexorably clear that the only option Nigeria has to develop its airports and deploy state of the art terminals, technology based facilitation utilities and synchronised security system is to […]
In order to grow the air transport industry to significantly contribute to the country’s gross domestic product, create jobs and provide efficient service to the country, it must adopt decisive diplomatic policies to protect local carriers. Unfolding events in the aviation sector during the coronavirus lockdown showed that Nigeria may still be trapped in the […]
