Emirates, a global connector of people and places, has appointed Afzal Parambil, as its Regional Manager for West Africa. Prior to taking up his new appointment, Mr Parambil served in a number of commercial roles within Emirates, the most recent being the Country Manager for Ethiopia. Congratulating Mr. Parambil on his new position, Orhan Abbas, Emirates Senior […]
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has said that management will continue its commitment to human capacity development in order to meet the highest standards of professionalism and best industry practices, as well as continue to train and develop capacity of its members of staff, in line with the provisions of […]
Says AMCON cooking up debt figures to justify Arik take-over Blames weakened naira for debt profile Founder of Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Arik Air, Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide, has said the take over of the airline by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in a “commando style” was a bad signal to investors. Arumemi-Ikhide also accused AMCON […]
Safety in air transportation is largely dependent on effective regulation, surveillance, training and manpower development. The writer highlights some of measures put in place by the NCAA to improve safety in the aviation industry Recently when the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), sanctioned some airlines for violation of safety regulations, the airlines were angry that the […]
The announcement by the federal government that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja would be closed on March 8, 2017 for comprehensive repair of its runway while Kaduna airport would be used as alternate, had elicited a lot of reactions from different quarters. First, the Senate had kicked against the closure but later backed down, […]