Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos has declared that its concession agreement with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) subsists for 36 years and not 12 years as claimed in some quarters. The terminal operator also claimed that FAAN had denied it at least N250bn as […]
The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria trainer aircraft, TB-9 Tampico crash-landed on Friday evening, but the instructor and pilot-trainee on board the aircraft escaped unhurt. Shortly after the major incident, which was caused by engine failure, people alleged to be bandits sprayed bullets on the crashed aircraft and set it ablaze. The Tampico […]
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has taken delivery of its first B737-800 freighter, the first of its kind in the Ethiopian Cargo fleet mix, on March 01, 2019. Reacting to the delivery, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, said, “We are excited to have taken delivery of the newest freighter a few […]
ABX World in partnership with the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO) has disclosed plans to create a logistics initiative to bring down cost of delivering Nigeria’s fresh agro products exports to various European and other global markets. The initiative seeks to ramp up Nigeria’s export in this category to 292000 tones per annual (800 […]
So much has been said that one of the reasons why airlines fail in Nigeria is because they lack corporate governance in their management. Industry experts have posited that owner-manager syndrome has contributed to the demise of many Nigerian airlines whose lifespan is average of 10 years. But some airline owners have told THISDAY […]
