The hope that Nigeria’s foremost airline, Aero Contractors may resume schedule commercial operations soon has been dashed as the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and the management of the airline are yet to reach a compromise on how the airline could resume flight services. Aero Contractors stopped schedule operation on September 1, 2016 […]
The federal government has called on the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to reinforce measures to curb security threat on air travel. The call was conveyed by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika at the weekend during the 39th ICAO general assembly at ICAO Headquarters in Montreal, Canada, as Nigeria urged member states […]
National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) President, Bankole Bernard has called on the federal government to relocate the Ministry of Tourism to Aviation to fast track an immediate development of tourism in Nigeria. Bankole, who in recent weeks has consistently decried the obsolete facilities at of the nation’s airports and the entire aviation sector, […]
by Yakubu Dati Last Tuesday, September 13,2016,the Minister of State, Aviation, Sen Hadi Sirika landed in Lagos from a trip and immediately moved to settle a trade dispute between Aero Contractors and its workers. When he got to the airline’s headquarters, the situation had even become worse as the workers were on a protest, over the […]
No fewer than 241 Nigerians on Tuesday, August 23 were voluntary returned from Libya. The returnees arrived the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport(MMA), Lagos on board a Libyan Airlines A333 –200 with registration number SA –LAR about 3.30 pm According to the Head of Lagos Office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), […]
