Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace has evacuated 301 Chinese from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China’s most populous, commercial city. The evacuation which was arranged by the Chinese Government took off about 10:00p.m. Nigerian time and arrived at about 1:15p.m. Nigerian time yesterday. The Nigeria carrier was also […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation chaired by Honourable Nnolim Nnaji has warned that on no account should a United Kingdom based Titan Airways be granted approval to fly into the country for evacuation flight if Nigerian Airline is refused landing rights for similar flight by the United Kingdom Authorities. The committee arrived at […]
As predicted by industry pundits, the federal government has finally bowed to Canada High Commission in Abuja by cancelling the planned evacuation of stranded Nigerian in Canada by the indigenous carrier, Air Peace. The airlift was in continuation of evacuation exercise, which has been ongoing since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, as Nigeria started evacuating […]
The Aviation Safety Roundtable Initiative (ART), industry think tank, has condemned the cancellation of the planned evacuation of Nigerians by Air Peace, as Canada refused to give the indigenous carrier approval to operate into the north American country. ART in statement signed by its spokesman, Olu Ohunayo, said, “ART hereby registers its displeasure at the […]
FG works out stimulus package for operators To guarantee passengers’ safety and protection from COVID-19, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has commenced the audit of airlines, THISDAY has learnt. The federal government is also working on a bailout for the aviation industry to prevent the collapse of the airlines. The federal government had closed […]
