For contributing positively to the growth of Nigeria’s aviation industry, the Chief Executive Officer of Dana Air, Jacky Hathiramani, has been honored by the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) in Lagos recently. The Dana Air boss was awarded at the dinner and unveiling of NAAPE’s compendium of 50 Outstanding Nigerian Aircraft Pilots […]
Labour unions in the aviation industry have threatened to ground flight operations all over the country to draw government’s attention to the plight of ex workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) who have been denied their entitlements after the liquidation of the airline despite the approval of N45 billion by the federal government. […]
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) on Thursday paralysed the operations of Bristow and Caverton Helicopters in response to the alleged marginalisation of workers, retrenchment and violation of Condition of Service (CoS) by the managements of the two companies. Supported from other unions outside the nation’s aviation industry, NAAPE picketed the operations […]
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) on Tuesday grounded the operations of Dana Air Limited over the management’s refusal to allow technical personal, including engineers and pilots from joining unions. The unions picketed the airline operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport domestic terminal (MMA2) preventing any of its flights from taking off and […]
Ibru family moves to repossess Airline There are indications that Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, is laying off about 60 per cent of its workforce, in an apparent move to cut costs as the company struggles to stay afloat. The layoffs to be executed in few days, was aimed at repositioning the airline to operate profitably. […]
