Expenditure by airlines for maintenance, training of personnel and funds repatriated by foreign airlines yearly has been put at $3.5 billion, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. The expenditure also included cost of reinsurance with international companies and purchase of aircraft spare parts. The figures were compiled from data made available by the International Air Transport Association […]
There was commotion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Wednesday, when an Uber driver out of frustration and a sense of intimidation, allegedly stripped himself naked, as protest against manhandling by official taxi operators at the airport. The operators in collaboration with a task force organised by the Federal Airports Authroity of Nigeria (FAAN) […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi, in this interview speaks about his expectation from the aviation sector in 2020 and stresses the need for the federal government to introduce measures that would help in protecting domestic airlines. You said in an earlier interview that 2020 may not be better than 2019 because […]
*FAAN Warns Users on Fire Near Owerri Airport The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released two preliminary reports on incidents involving aircraft owned and operated by Air Peace Limited and Max Air, just as the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria alerted users of inferno in the bush near the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri. […]
Aero, Nigeria’s oldest airline has entered into partnership with RAMCO, a software company based in Chennai, India, to provide improved digital solutions to Aero’s Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services. Chief Executive Officer, Aero, Captain Ado Sanusi, told journalists at a press conference on Monday that by implication, the airline’s MRO services can now be […]
