As predicted by industry pundits, the federal government has finally bowed to Canada High Commission in Abuja by cancelling the planned evacuation of stranded Nigerian in Canada by the indigenous carrier, Air Peace. The airlift was in continuation of evacuation exercise, which has been ongoing since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, as Nigeria started evacuating […]
The Federal Government has announced that the pilots (One identified as Captain Andy Bell) of the impounded Flairjet aircraft, have been quarantined for 14 days, affirming that the aircraft is indeed British owned. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika made this announcement on Monday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 […]
Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika has today taken delivery of various medical equipment donated by the United Nations Systems to the Federal government to aid its efforts at combating the coronavirus scourge in the country. The Minister who was accompanied by the Minister of State for Health, Olorunnibe Mamora, took the delivery on behalf of the […]
The federal government has apologised to air travellers over the cancellation and delay of flights since the past four days and attributed it to bad weather and malfunctioning Instrument Landing System (ILS). This is just as a new Nigeria airline, Green Africa, has ordered 50 new aircraft from Airbus. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi […]
Sirika inspecting the B737 simulator in Montreal, Canada The long awaited Boeing 737 simulator meant for the recurrent training of Nigerian pilots has been built and would be delivered to Nigeria in March. This was disclosed at the weekend by Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika who insoected the equipment in Montreal, Canada. Sirika said […]
