Nigeria’s largest carrier, Air Peace, has announced the creation of 1,000 fresh graduate jobs through its 2025/2026 Graduate Trainee Programme, in reciprocation for the federal government’s suspension of the 4% Free on Board (FOB) levy on imports. The Chairman of Air Peace, Dr. Allen Ifechukwu Onyema, in a statement commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and […]
Many air travellers missed their flights yesterday when physically challenged Nigerians, especially the blind, blocked the two major access roads to both the domestic and international wings of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos in protest against alleged neglect by government. The physically challenged, numbering over 100, sat on the road at the roundabout […]
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), yesterday, commended the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for his dedication to the growth and sustainability of local airlines in Nigeria. In a statement signed by the Vice President of AON, Chief Allen Onyema, the association described Keyamo as “God-sent to Nigeria’s aviation industry,” acknowledging his […]
Aviation industry experts and airline operators have again stressed the need for Nigeria to establish an aircraft leasing company in order to put an end to the protracted low capacity that has shut up the cost of air travel in the country. Currently, the average cost of ticket is about N200, 000 for one-way flight […]
Last week key stakeholders in the aviation industry met with the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo in Lagos to interact and appraise the industry under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and also to review the policy direction of the government in the sector. The meeting brought to the fore, the efforts government […]
