• AMCON alleges airline owes over N300bn, additional N10bn needed to fix it The Association of Concerned Aviation Professionals (ACAP) has expressed alarm at the brazen take over of Arik Air by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on behalf of the federal government, describing the foremost local carrier as a private concern, […]
The federal government may have lost over N43.48 billion ($144 million) remittances paid by international airlines as reciprocity charges in the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) from 2014 to the end of 2016 due to the decision of the Ministry of Transport to stop collecting the charges without providing alternative payment platform for the airlines. […]
Airline Operators of Nigerian (AON) has elected new executives at its 2016 Annual General Meeting in Lagos, January 11, 2017. The operators said in a statement that it now has new Executive Council in place to pilot the activities of the association for the next two years. Captain Nogie Meggison, the Chief Executive Officer of […]
After many years of speculation, the Federal Government has finally relieved aviation agency heads in the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria and the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and replaced them with new appointees. President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the appointment of Captain […]
By Steve Omolale Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos, is a phenomenal project providing critical services to the aviation sector for which its operator – Bi-Courtney Aviation Services limited (BASL) – has either been on the receiving end of some criticisms or much accolades in almost a decade. The few criticisms notwithstanding, with […]