International airlines have used aero politics, diplomacy, government protection and marketing strategies to outdo one another to secure the limited cargo delivery and evacuation market during the COVID-19 lockdown. The writes noted that Nigerian airlines may not have a chance in the competitive market without government support The global lockdown occasioned by coronavirus has threatened […]
Ethiopian Airlines yesterday evacuated 585 citizens of the United States and Canada from Abuja and Lagos. THISDAY gathered that Ethiopian Airlines with flight number, ET 8299, airlifted 200 Canadian from Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA), Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to Addis Ababa en-route Toronto with its Boeing B767-300 aircraft. The flight, which […]
By February, the newly appointed Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, will take over the management of the regulatory agency. President Muhammadu Buhari had submitted his name to the Senate for confirmation. In his request from the Senate for Nuhu’s conformation, Buhari had said, “Captain Musa Shuaibu Nuhu […]
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council President, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu’s mother, Mrs. Grace Iyabo Ebun Aliu (Nee Orimoloye) died on the 26 October, 2018 in Lagos, Nigeria at the age of 79. A statement from the family stated that she was born to the Royal Family of Pa. Samuel Orimoloye and Mariam Ebeola […]
Passengers were forced to evacuate via emergency slides in the frigid cold on Friday night after two planes collided on the ground at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. No injuries have been reported. WestJet said an inbound from Cancun, Mexico with 168 passengers and a crew of six was stationary and waiting to go to a […]
