Chairman, Arik Air, Sir Arumemi Ikhide Aviation

Will Arik Air Return to Arumemi-Ikhide?

Six years after the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria took over the management of Nigeria’s major carrier, Arik Air, the court has ordered that the agency should give account of the period it operated the airline, a development that may lead to the return of the airline to its founder. On Wednesday, the founder of […]

Aviation

Of Airport Infrastructure and Flight Operation in Nigeria

While passengers accuse airlines of being responsible for flight delays and cancellations, Writer looks at how inadequate airport facilities, paucity of technical personnel contribute to hiccups in flight operations On the eve of Christmas last year, a Nigerian living in the US, flew into Nigeria to spend the Christmas holidays, and his children joined him, […]

Sanusi Aviation

Aero to Expand Maintenance Facility as It Resumes Operations With 6 Aircraft

In a bid to meet the growing demand of other indigenous airlines on aircraft repairs and maintenance, Nigeria’s oldest carrier, Aero Contractors has started expanding it’s maintenance facility to take in more aircraft. The airline has also announced that it will resume flight operations on December 5, with six aircraft to service 10 destinations as […]

Akinkuotu Aviation

Poor Scheduling as Bane of Nigerian Airlines

Air travel in Nigeria is beset by delays caused by many factors, which include weather, breakdown of aircraft, poor airport facilities and poor scheduling. Poor scheduling is problem of airlines, which can be averted with efficient schedule arrangement and maintenance. In Nigeria there is also poor aircraft utilisation because the system and infrastructure guarantee limited […]

Aviation

Yuletide: Air Peace Assures Customers of Flights

Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace, has assured customers that it would roll out more flights to meet the usual surge in travel demand during Christmas and end-of-year celebrations. The Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, who disclosed this to news reporters at the weekend, stated that as December approaches, the airline would roll out more […]