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 […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed the internal memo from the Managing Director of the agency, Mrs. Olubumi Kuku to the Director of Human Resources and Administration to provide the implication of relocating its headquarters back to Lagos. In a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs. Obiageli […]
It has been established that if Nigeria maximises food production, agriculture will replace oil and gas as major source of foreign exchange, but to make this possible farmers and middlemen must find easier ways of freighting farm produce to both local and international markets. Aviators conversant with air freighting of cargo have posited that the […]
For decades aviation experts have railed against lack of connections between African cities, frowning at the idea of a passenger from Nigeria travelling to Europe before connecting a flight to Madagascar, for example. They also frowned at the visa restrictions, a situation where a traveller in the US could easily secure a visa to Egypt […]
The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Mesfin Tasew, said the airline has contributed immensely in connecting Nigerians through flight services to different parts of the world. Tasew who spoke to selected Nigerian journalists recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian capital, expressed hope that air transport industry will grow in the continent when political […]
