In continuation of the evacuation exercise occasioned by the Covid-19 virus pandemic, South African Airways yesterday airlifted 136 of the country’ citizens out of Nigeria from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The South Africa Airways aircraft with the registration mark: ZS-SNB, operated by Airbus A346, departed Sunday evening to Johannesburg. The aircraft, which […]
Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika has today taken delivery of various medical equipment donated by the United Nations Systems to the Federal government to aid its efforts at combating the coronavirus scourge in the country. The Minister who was accompanied by the Minister of State for Health, Olorunnibe Mamora, took the delivery on behalf of the […]
The management of Air Peace has denied that three members of its flight crew have absconded from the quarantine facility provided by the Lagos state government. Air Peace was referring to the flight crew that operated the flight that airlifted medical supplies and Chinese personnel, operated by Boeing B777-200 ER (P4 5-NBVE), which arrived the Nnamdi […]
Mr. Victor Ikwuemesi, the Chairman of the defunct Sosoliso Airline died today in London, United Kingdom few days after he was diagnosed for coronavirus pandemic. A source close to the family disclosed that Ikwuemesi was admitted to an unnamed London hospital after brief illness. He later tested positive for COVID-19 in the result that was […]
The aviation unions in Nigeria have threatened to mobilise aviation community against the government of Rivers State if it failed to immediately release the Caverton pilots. In a statement jointly issued by the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and Association of Nigeria […]
