American Airlines Group Inc. is stepping up efforts to decide if an Airbus SE A350 order still makes sense for its fleet, forcing the European planemaker to try to defend another U.S. sale of its marquee wide-body jet. The two companies have restarted talks about a twice-delayed deal for 22 of the A350-900 planes, a person familiar with […]
Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors has received certification from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to handle C-checks on Boeing B737-300, B737-400 and B737-500 at the airline’s terminal effective from September 12, 2017. This is a major feat for Aero, and the first by a flag carrier in Nigeria. It would be recalled that […]
Staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) on Wednesday protested over the non-payment of N78 billion gratuities, which the federal government earlier agreed to pay them. The workers numbering over 500 walked through the Mutrtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, carrying placards with various inscriptions on them, some of which include “In month of August, […]
By Frank Meke Two weeks ago, on a Tuesday to be precise, I had woken up to this urgent feeling to call the Conservator General of National Park Services (NPS), Mallam Ibrahim Goni. Though it is usually a routine for the members of National Park Service family which I belonged to call each other to […]
Air Peace has confirmed that three passengers were on Monday taken in by security agents for interrogation after they disrupted and delayed its 18:30 Lagos-Abuja service for three hours. A statement issued by the airline’s Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah said security personnel of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had to be […]
