Aviation

Nigerian Airlines Express Dismay over Senate’s Threat to Invite Foreign Carriers to Operate Domestic Service, Explain Causes of Flight Delays, Cancellations

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has expressed dismay over the threat by the Chairman of Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi; that foreign airlines would be invited to operate domestic service in Nigeria if local airlines do not stop incessant flight delays and cancellations. AON in a statement signed by its President and […]

Aviation

“FLIGHT DELAYS: WE WILL NEVER COMPROMISE ON SAFETY”

Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace has insisted that it would never compromise air safety in order to please its passengers or others. “Our attention has been drawn to a publication in the social media in which a dissatisfied customer whose flight was delayed,  amongst many other uncomplimentary remarks labelled Air Peace a “vicious operator”. We […]

Chairman/CEO Air Peace, Allen Onyema Aviation

ALLEN ONYEMA: Multiple Agencies at the Airport are Killing Businesses

The aviation industry is no doubt bedeviled with challenges, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic, which recently put airlines at their lowest. As it stands, these are not the best of times for operators in the sector. Nevertheless, amidst the inclement operating environment, some airlines are weathering the storm, scaling up in profile. One that readily […]

FIRE AT PH AIRPORT Aviation

Fire Outbreak Forces Closure of PH Airport

Bushfire, last night, gutted a substantial part of the runway and airside of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, forcing the closure and reopening of the airport, after careful evaluation of the fire impact. The inferno, which spread from outside the airport, forced three flights operated by Arik Air, Air Peace and Aero Contractors to […]