FG’s Penchant for Foreign Airlines

Aviation industry experts posit that despite the fact that Nigeria has a renowned aviation college established in 1964, Nigeria is nowhere, near Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa in terms of the number of citizens employed in the aviation sector both locally and abroad. Ethiopia may lead the pack as the country with the highest number […]

Experts Warn against Sale of Aero, Arik to Foreign Airlines

Aviation industry experts have cautioned against alleged plan by the federal government through Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to sell Aero Contractors and Arik Air to foreign airlines. Informed sources at the Ministry of Transportation had hinted that the government approached Ethiopia Airlines and Turkish Airlines to buy Arik but they declined. Also last […]

ABUJA AIRPORT CLOSURE: NIGERIAN AIRLINES LOSE N10BN IN THREE WEEKS

Nigerian airline operators have put at about N10 billion, the lost they have incurred in the first three weeks the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja was closed for the rehabilitation of its runway. These losses, according to the airlines, were a result of low passenger traffic, more fuel consumption and increased remuneration due to crew’s […]

ASKY AIRLINES COMMENCES NONSTOP FLIGHT LAGOS TO JO’BURG

ASKY, the Pan African Airline, is pleased to announce its new nonstop service between Lomé and Johannesburg effective 8 April 2017.  With this flight, Johannesburg will join the growing ASKY network operating from Lomé. Passengers will be able to connect between Johannesburg and ASKY’s entire network in West and Central Africa, including Abidjan, Bamako, Conakry, […]

MADAGASCAR TO JOIN ETHIOPIAN’S VAST INTRA-AFRICAN NETWORK

Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, is pleased to announce that it will add Antananarivo, Madagascar to its network as of 28 March 2017. Madagascar will join the ever expanding Ethiopian network of 95 worldwide destinations. Antananarivo is the capital and the largest city of Madagascar. The island nation is known as a “biodiversity hot-spot” […]