The suit brought by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) against the federal government over the establishment of the national carrier, Nigeria Air would be moved to Abuja from Lagos. The first, third and fourth defendants (Nigeria Air, Minister of Aviation and the Attorney General of the Federation) filed a motion asking that the court […]
Many Nigerians agree that the country needs a national carrier to benefit from the huge international air travel market dominated by foreign airlines, but many criticisms trail the mode of the national airline the federal government plans to establish. In the aviation industry, there is nostalgia among the former staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways […]
Last week the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, reiterated the intention of the Buhari’s administration to kick-off the aerotropolis programme, even at the twilight of its tenure, but stakeholders have frowned at the plan to demolish agency’s facilities to make way for the project in Lagos. Writing for Airport Council International (ACI), Sabrina Guerieri, […]
There are two issues the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has against Nigeria. One, Nigeria has been unable to provide it dollars so that Emirates Airlines can repatriate the revenues it earned from its operations in Nigeria and two; records indicate that many Nigerians who travel to the Middle East nation engage in crimes. The chairperson […]
Despite the inauguration of the new international terminal at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos last week, it has emerged that the facility is not yet completed with the federal government requiring additional money to make the facility ready for full utilization, THISDAY has learnt. It was also learnt that the current situation of the Murtala […]
