Managing Director of Medview Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole spoke on air safety in Nigeria and the challenges airlines face including high insurance premiums. Obtaining IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) I had a visit to Abu Dhabi to meet with Etihad. The management of Etihad, my management and myself had one-to-one discussion and the airline said […]
If handled in a transparent manner, the airport concessions could actually be the elixir for air transport facilities in Nigeria. Stiff opposition that greeted the planned concession of airport facilities had prompted the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika to convene several meetings, including the recent stakeholders meetings to convince those who were not […]
80,000 Delta people recognized with annual Business Travel News survey win Delta Air Lines earned the top overall score for the 6th consecutive year on the Business Travel News (BTN) Airline survey, sweeping all ten categories and bettering 2015 scores in each. This win celebrates the outstanding performance and industry-leading customer service Delta people provide […]
The Senate Committee on Aviation has said that Nigeria’s airspace is endangered by poor communication between the pilot and the air traffic control (TC) and non-functional and obsolete navigational aids. Vice chairman of the Senate committee on aviation, Senator Bala Ibn Na Allah who is also a pilot spoke about the hard decisions pilots have […]
The member states of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have re-elected the Nigerian, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu for another three-year term as President of the Council. The first tenure of Dr. Aliu commenced on 1 January 2014 and will continue until 31 December 2016. Prior to his election, Dr. Aliu served as the Representative […]