Stakeholders in Nigeria’s aviation industry yesterday called for the urgent revival of the sector, which they said has deteriorated and is facing existential threat. This is coming as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said that it would reintroduce the controversial collection of $300 landing fee from helicopter operators in the country soon. The stakeholders […]
The suit brought by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) against the federal government over the establishment of the national carrier, Nigeria Air would be moved to Abuja from Lagos. The first, third and fourth defendants (Nigeria Air, Minister of Aviation and the Attorney General of the Federation) filed a motion asking that the court […]
There is likely not going to be a national carrier operating scheduled domestic service by May 2023, even when the paperwork for a new government-backed airline may have been concluded. Optimists in the aviation industry who are nostalgic about a new national carrier would say that nine months is enough to midwife a national carrier, […]
*Engages stakeholders to address aviation fuel scarcity *House urges airlines not to suspend operations *Ibom Air opts out of plan to stop operations Following a threat by airline operators to shut down their operations tomorrow over the scarcity of aviation fuel, the federal government has appealed to operators to reconsider their decision, stressing that it […]
Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has threatened to sue the federal government over its policy of allowing foreign airlines to access multiple airports in the country. The operators insist that allowing each foreign carrier to operate to more than one airport in Nigeria boosts their repatriation of foreign currency out of the country and also […]
