Since the resumption of flight operations in Nigeria after COVID-19 lockdown last July, air travellers have been going through unpleasant experiences, as uncertainty hovers over every flight, which could be delayed or cancelled, leaving the passengers stranded. Chinedu Eze chronicles some passengers’ ordeals and x-rays the challenges of domestic flight operations in the country Aviation […]
The Chairman of Air Peace and Vice-Chairman of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Allen Onyema has said that domestic operators may be forced to shut down service due to high duties charged them by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). Onyema said President Muhammadu Bubari in his magnanimity granted the airlines waivers on Customs duties on […]
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has announced that it has commenced investigation into the incident involving Air Peace Boeing 737-300 aircraft with registration number, 5N-BUQ,which had a tyre puncture after landing at Runway 18R and taxiing to destination on March 8, 2021. The aircraft with 127 passengers and six crew landed without causalities and taxied to the domestic […]
Nigeria’s leading airline Air Peace has announced the resumption of daily flight operations into Accra from its Lagos hub on March 15, 2021. The airline has also expressed readiness to kick off scheduled flights into Ilorin from Abuja and Lagos. Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, who disclosed this in a statement said that Lagos-Accra […]
Despite the devastation of coronavirus pandemic to air travel globally, it has been predicted that Africa would record high growth post COVID-19. This prediction was made by the Vice-President of Embraer, Marketing Strategy, Mr. Rodrigo Silva e Souza, who described Africa as an emerging market that would record very high growth in aviation in the […]
