Nigeria’s major airline, Air Peace has explained that it is yet to embark on its international long-haul operations because it has not secured approvals for flight service from the countries of its planned destinations. The federal government had designated Air Peace to fly to London, Guangzhou-China, Houston, US, Mumbai, India, Johannesburg, South Africa, Dubai and […]
Recently many pilots operating flights to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu have called the attention of concerned authorities to the dilapidated nature of the runway, which they described as death trap. Chinedu Eze writes that the Enugu state government and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria need to collaborate to improve facilities on the […]
Airline operators have attributed the high cost of air fares to what they described as outrageous cost of aviation fuel due to the fact the product is imported. They also said that the product, which takes at least 40 per cent of operation cost, would have sold less than its present prices if there is […]
On Monday the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) offered 49 per cent of its shares to the public and with planned listing in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the company would now be known as Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO) The company offered for sale 406,074,000 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N4.65 per […]
Passengers aboard a Ryanair plane headed to London this week were ordered to evacuate by French authorities after it was revealed that the carrier owed a substantial amount of money from 2014. The Ryanair Boeing 737 was impounded and all 149 passengers were told to turn around and head back to the Bordeaux-Merignac airport in […]
