The Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Obiageli Orah has said the newly created directorates in the agency will be bringing fresh ideas and innovations into the country’s airports operations and their management. She said FAAN has gone through tremendous changes with the upgrade of […]
The Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has approved the request of Air Peace and authorised the airline to operate commercial flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, US. Air Peace had in a letter dated January 12, 2024, written to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, requesting approval to operate to New York. […]
Revelations from court proceedings indicate that airline operators and other stakeholders want a national carrier where more Nigerians are allowed to own shares in the company so that it will be fully representative of the country. Many Nigerians are calling for a broader ownership of the shares of Nigeria’s national carrier, Nigeria Air. Many of […]
There is likely not going to be a national carrier operating scheduled domestic service by May 2023, even when the paperwork for a new government-backed airline may have been concluded. Optimists in the aviation industry who are nostalgic about a new national carrier would say that nine months is enough to midwife a national carrier, […]
Operators and other stakeholders in the aviation industry have cried out against the continued designation of international airlines to multiple airports in Nigeria, saying that it would stifle the growth of domestic carriers. Many foreign carriers fly to more than one international airport in Nigeria and industry analysts said that it is injurious to growth […]
