Minister of State for Aviation, Senator HadiSirika spoke to journalists recently on government’s plan to establish a national carrier, the airport concessions and why the industry did not experience any major incident in 2017. Last year was good for aviation in Nigeria. What did the country do right and what is the outlook for this […]
As part of its aspiration to connect cities in different parts of the country, both unserved and under served, AirPeace has launched its scheduled flight operations to Yola, Adamawa State, North East Nigeria. Speaking during a brief ceremony at the Yola Airport to commemorate the inaugural flight of the airline into the city, Chairman/ Chief […]
Talking about regulation, I think Nigerian airlines are over regulated. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is doing a wonderful job on that. It is not easy; sometimes you don’t feel comfortable with the way they are doing it but they are have to do it. I think NCAA, the kind of regulation they bring […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has disclosed that Delta Air Lines has apologised to the Bureau over the airline’s failure to notify the government agency of the emergency landing involving its Airbus 330-200 aircraft on Tuesday night. The General Manager, Public Affairs, AIB, Tunji Oketumbi made this known in Lagos yesterday and said that the […]
There are key factors that determine the growth and success of an airport: facilities, including navigational aids, traffic, aircraft maintenance, facilitation, fuel supply and price of fuel. When it is difficult to obtain fuel at good price, airlines search for alternative airports close by and that is the situation at the MurtalaMuhammed International Airport […]