The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that Muhammad Albakri, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East (AME) will be appointed Senior Vice President for Customer, Financial and Digital Services (CFDS), based in Geneva. The appointment becomes effective on March 1, 2021. At that time Aleks Popovich, who currently holds the […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is broke and in desperate need for operational funds. To this end, the agency has cried out for an urgent bailout from the federal government. This was disclosed to THISDAY, by the Managing Director of the agency, Captain Fola Akinkuotu, who confirmed that NAMA was able to pay salary […]
The management of Med-View Airline has said that the pending suit by Sheikh Abdul Mohsen Al Thunayan, the Chairman of the airline, does not affect its operation, sale or leasing of any aircraft by the carrier. Alhaji Muneer Bankole, the Managing Director, Med-View Airline in a statement to journalists in Lagos, however, confirmed that Thuanayan, […]
Major oil and gas service company, Bristow Helicopters has reacted to the grounding of its operations on Monday by labour union and sacked over 100 pilots and engineers, citing economic downturn occasioned by Covid-19 impact and oil and gas business. The National Association of Aircraft Pilots a d Engineers (NAAPE), had since Monday, began industrial […]
The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Honourable Nnolim Nnaji has berated the Nigerian Embassy in United Arab Emirates for sabotaging the economic interests of Nigeria and Nigerian people. Honourable Nnaji stated this while reacting to the marketing of Emirates Airlines’ charter flights by the embassy which urged stranded Nigerians in United Arab Emirates […]
