The federal government wednesday in Abuja disclosed that domestic flights, which were suspended in Nigeria in March 2020 will finally resume on July 8, 2020. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika who announced this, also disclosed that the flights will commence with the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the Murtala Muhammed Airport in […]
Industry expert and CEO of African Aviation Services, Nick Fadugba, has x-rayed the aviation industry in Nigeria and said multiple entry points and frequencies of foreign airlines are commercially disadvantageous to Nigerian airlines and do not achieve fair reciprocity. Over 85 per cent of air travellers on international destinations are airlifted by foreign airlines in […]
The federal government recently directed that aviation agencies including the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) should relocate to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and were given 45 days to do so. Government had explained that this would help the agencies streamline […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for aviation-specific financial relief measures from the government of Nigeria to address the severe impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the air transport sector. The global body said air transport has ground to a halt in efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, noting that along with […]
Air passenger traffic in Nigeria rose by 12 per cent to 8,487,698 as at the end of June, 2019, up from the 7,569,695 recorded in the comparable period of 2018, according to the latest air traffic data released by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The full year figure for 2019, which is being […]
