Poor Management Threatens Survival of Arik Air

Industry experts have expressed worries that Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Arik Air may go under in the next few months and over 3000 workers directly employed by the airline will lose their jobs; unless the airline is taken over by efficient management with international experience. THISDAY learnt that the initial plan prior to its take-over by […]

NIGERIAN AIRLINES WINNING BACK THE WEST COAST

  High cost of aviation fuel and its scarcity, which peaked at later part of 2016 affected the operations of Nigerian airlines in the West and Central Africa. Also with the scarcity of dollars in Nigeria, which forced down the value of Naira, West Coast operations gave Nigerian airlines the leeway to earn foreign exchange.  […]

FG APPOINTS THREE NEW DIRECTORS AND A GENERAL MANAGER FOR FAAN

The Federal Government has appointed three new Directors and a General Manager for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).  The newly appointed directors are Group Captain U.S.A. Sadiq, appointed as Director of Security Services (DSS), Capt. Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu, appointed as Director of Airport Operations (DAO); Engr. Salisu Nura Daura, appointed as Director of […]

Aviation

Lesser whose made

Was created for the bliss so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents. I should be incapable of drawing a single stroke at the present moment; and yet I feel that I never was a greater artist than now. When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees, and but a few stray.

QUICK FIXES CAN’T SUSTAIN AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SAYS BABALAKIN

The Chairman of The Resort Group, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), yesterday said infrastructure deficit was one of the major problems facing the country’s aviation sector and cannot be sustained by quick fixes. Speaking on the topic, ‘Focus on Nigeria’s Aviation Sector’, on a Channels TV programme, The Crux, Babalakin, whose firm, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited […]