Domestic airlines lost huge revenue on Wednesday and Thursday, due to flight cancellations and delays occasioned by bad weather. THISDAY learnt that Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace delayed many of its flights to Asaba, Kaduna from Lagos due to Harmattan haze, which reduced visibility below accepted flight level at all the airports in the country. […]
Expenditure by airlines for maintenance, training of personnel and funds repatriated by foreign airlines yearly has been put at $3.5 billion, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. The expenditure also included cost of reinsurance with international companies and purchase of aircraft spare parts. The figures were compiled from data made available by the International Air Transport Association […]
Aero, Nigeria’s oldest airline has entered into partnership with RAMCO, a software company based in Chennai, India, to provide improved digital solutions to Aero’s Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) services. Chief Executive Officer, Aero, Captain Ado Sanusi, told journalists at a press conference on Monday that by implication, the airline’s MRO services can now be […]
Aero Contractors has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria on manpower development. The objective of deal is for Aero, which has a growing aircraft maintenance facility, to support the training of young Nigerians at the schools and some of them would be absorbed by the airline […]
Despite the losses domestic airlines incurred during the cancellation of flights on February 16, when the Presidential and National Elections were to hold before the postponement, Nigerian operators may have recovered the losses as the elections have spurred huge increase in passenger movement during otherwise low season after Christmas. THISDAY investigations revealed that there is […]
