NAMA boss: Establishing strong airline needs govt input The federal government has faulted the claim by the Ethiopian Airlines’ Chief Executive, Tewolde Gebremariam, that the airline is favoured to establish and manage the new ‘Nigeria Air.’ This is coming as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Captain Fola Akinkuotu has said […]
The federal government may not be willing to provide about N30 billion needed to complete the new airports terminals in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano airports, THISDAY has learnt. While most of the projects are over 80 per cent completed, the terminals at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and that of the […]
Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika announced Tuesday that government has started negotiation for the acquisition of aircraft that would be used to run the planned national carrier. The new airline will be unveiled tomorrow at the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom. According to a tweet made by the Minister from his […]
The federal government has reiterated that the proposed national airline for the country would be unveiled in December, 2018. The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said this in a statement by the ministry’s Deputy Director, Media and Public Affairs, James Odaudu. The minister, according to the statement, made this commitment while receiving […]
Elysium Integrated Development Company has completed plans to invest N9.720 billion ($27 million) in a mass transit ground transportation structure at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. This was disclosed by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika on Tuesday in Abuja when inaugurating the project team for the construction of proposed […]
