The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Honourable Nnolim Nnaji has berated the Nigerian Embassy in United Arab Emirates for sabotaging the economic interests of Nigeria and Nigerian people. Honourable Nnaji stated this while reacting to the marketing of Emirates Airlines’ charter flights by the embassy which urged stranded Nigerians in United Arab Emirates […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said it will investigate the alleged violation of the ban on international flight services by Emirates’ Airlines. The Dubai-based mega carrier has allegedly been operating scheduled flights from Nigeria, claiming the flights were evacuation flights. The airline is said to be planning to operate scheduled flights on July […]
*Woman Delivers in Flight The federal government has recorded its first evacuation of Nigerian citizens abroad with the airlift of 262 of the country’s nationals from the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. The flight which left Dubai for Lagos at about 10:00 am Nigerian time after all the passengers were tested and found to be coronavirus […]
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has condemned the decision to patronise foreign airlines for the evacuation of Nigerians abroad. The body said that government’s action is disappointing after it had made earlier statement that it would engage two domestic airlines to carry out the evacuation exercise. A schedule released by the Foreign Affairs Ministry […]
Aviation is said to be international because it follows uniform standard regulation, principles and documentations globally. So a pilot of Boeing B737 can work for any airline in the world and fly the same aircraft type. It is also the same with an engineer or cabin crew rated in the same aircraft type. Many Nigerians […]
