Nigerian airlines airlifted about 1, 514,616 passengers in the first quarter of 2017, reports from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) revealed. This is as industry experts have urged the airlines to ensure effective maintenance of their aircraft to sustain current good safety record in the country. According to the NCAA, domestic airlines operated […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that it would hold high level talks with the European Union Air Safety Committee (ASC) of the European Commission (EC) this week to resolve all discrepancies that would lead to lifting of the ban on Medview Airline to operate Nigerian registered aircraft. Currently the airline operates to […]
Medview Airline Plc has completed plans to acquire Boeing B777 and Boeing B737-800 in order to add more international routes to its destinations as the major domestic carrier begins flights to Dubai in July. The airline’s Managing Director, Alhaji Muneer Bankole made this known recently in Lagos, disclosing that the aircraft to be acquired were […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said one cabin crew has been suspended as it conducted a random alcohol and drug tests on licensed the technical personnel of two airlines and Air Traffic Control of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). The agency said the objective of the exercise was to ensure safety and […]
Last week, Nigeria’s fast rising airline, Air Peace literally received baptism of fire when angry passengers beat up its duty manager at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja over flight cancellation. THISDAY learnt that at first, Air Peace delayed the Abuja-Benin flight and after the passengers had waited patiently; the airline later announced the cancellation […]