FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Keyamo Assures of Plans to Boost Fleet of Nigerian Carriers to Make Them Competitive

•Explains how aero-politics, intrigues denied Air Peace Heathrow Airport slot •Reveals Emirates may resume flight to Nigeria before June Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said Nigerian airlines would soon be able to obtain aircraft and increase their fleet as the federal government’s interventions in the sector begin to kick in. Keyamo […]

Airlines

Excitement Among Stakeholders as Air Peace Operates Full Capacity to London on Inaugural Flight

*Keyamo promises to protect Nigerian carriers to sustain flights on international routes Aviation industry stakeholders and other Nigerians were excited yesterday as over 260 passengers travelled with Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace, on its inaugural flight from Lagos to London, seven years after the last indigenous airline, Medview, operated this most lucrative international route. Air […]

LEASING & MRO

Addressing MRO, Aircraft Leasing in Aviation Sector

Two major challenges have drastically affected airline operations in Nigeria. One is lack of large state-of-the-art aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility and the other is the inability of Nigerian airlines to engage in dry leasing of aircraft. Over the years, the federal government has campaigned and made promises about how it would establish […]

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Keyamo, Head of Agencies, Airlines Visit France

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, is currently leading a high-powered Nigerian delegation on a four-day bilateral working visit to France. The Minister is accompanied by Chief Executive Officers and directors from various Nigerian aviation agencies, including the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, the Acting […]

Airlines

Keyamo Moves to Resolve Slot Issues with UK Authorities to Enable Air Peace Operate Direct Flights to London

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has held discussions with the UK Department for Transport on how Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace can obtain favourable slot allocation to enable it operate non-stop flights to London. Air Peace had earlier received approval to operate to Gatwick Airport in London from Lagos but was […]