A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 75 people, Colombian officials said. Six people survived. The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by a charter airline named LaMia, declared an emergency and lost radar contact just before […]
The Senate Committee on Privatisation on Monday berated the federal government for its failure to honour agreement it entered into when it concessioned the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, known as MMA2 to Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL). The concession agreement, which was reached in 2006 stated that BASL would […]
In order to encourage local manufacture of vehicles to enhance job creation and save foreign exchange, the federal government introduced the automotive policy with the attendant high duties and levies for imported vehicles, but the high charges have created a loophole for the Nigeria Customs Service to take advantage of. Car dealers and Nigerians whose […]
What transpired during the recent public hearing organised by the National Assembly and the lawmakers’ disposition on the problems hindering development in the aviation sector were clear indications that the legislators are actually interested in the development of the aviation sector to ensure its contributes more to Nigeria’s economic growth. This was confirmed on Monday […]
The commercial director East and West Africa of Delta Air Lines, Bobby Bryan has restated the airline’s commitment to the Nigerian market, describing international air travel in Nigeria as resilient. Speaking during a media launch in Lagos on Wednesday, Bryan said that despite the recession, foreign exchange problem, Delta Air Lines is in Nigeria to […]