Aviation is not contributing significantly to the nation’s GDP. The writer says that the government should step in urgently to salvage the industry Industry analysts estimate that the Nigerian aviation industry has lost up to 30 percent of passenger traffic since 2015 owing to the economic recession. The expectation was that airlines wouldslash airfaresto attract more passengers […]
Last week, Nigeria’s fast rising airline, Air Peace literally received baptism of fire when angry passengers beat up its duty manager at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja over flight cancellation. THISDAY learnt that at first, Air Peace delayed the Abuja-Benin flight and after the passengers had waited patiently; the airline later announced the cancellation […]
Air Peace has given its plan to launch itself on the international route a big push with the training of four of its pilots in the handling of Boeing 777 aircraft. The training which took place at the Boeing Training Centre in the UK was the first by any Nigerian airline. The carrier’s Chief Pilot, […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued weather alert and cautioned airline operators and air traffic controllers on the inherent danger associated with severe thunderstorms, which accompanies early rainfall. These hazards include severe turbulence, microburst, low level wind shears and hail events that could affect the safety of flight operations and urged pilots to […]
Nigerian minors between ages of 11 to 15 who are pupils and students of Glisten International College, Abuja were stranded at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, Turkey due to the failure of Turkish Airlines to airlift them back to Nigeria as scheduled. It was gathered that the students, who were 22 in number, were abandoned at the […]
