Aviation Sector Lost $2 Billion Investment in Two Years

THISDAY investigations have revealed that the aviation industry in 2015 and 2016 lost over $2 billion investment from international financiers who wanted a stake in Nigeria air transport sector due to the prevailing economic downturn. Considering the huge potential market for aircraft maintenance in Nigeria, THISDAY gathered that in mid 2015, one European based aircraft […]

ARIK AIR ANNOUNCES VALENTINE SPECIAL OFFER

Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline is rolling out a series of sales promotions as part of the airline’s 10th anniversary celebrations. The first among the planned offers is the special Valentine promo fare which is available from 31 January, 2017. Customers can take advantage of this offer by buying one return ticket to […]

Dana Air, Imo State Launch Air Service

Nigeira’s growing airline, Dana Air, has signed an agreement with the Imo state government to launch flight service, called Imo Air. Speaking during the launch of the service at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, the governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha said “This is a 10-year partnership between Dana Air and the Imo […]

Medview to Deliver All Short Landed Luggage by Weekend

The Chief Executive Officer of Medview Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole has assured about105 passengers who flew from London to Lagos last week without their checked-in luggage that all the bags would be delivered by the end of this weekend. Bankole gave the assurance Thursday when he addressed aggrieved passengers at the airline’s head office in […]

Arik Air’s Response to N6m Penalty by NCAA

The management of Arik Air would like to respond to Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s (NCAA) statement on Tuesday, 27 December, 2016 over short landed baggage of passengers who travelled on its flights from London Heathrow to Lagos on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December, 2016. The NCAA had invited the management of Arik Air to an […]