There has been a history of UK using airport authorities to undermine Nigerian airlines in their bid to operate from Nigeria to the UK. The London-Lagos route is the most lucrative route out of Nigeria and it is the route where an airline can have high number of passengers on direct flights. Nigerian airlines do […]
Aviation industry experts have called for the review of Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA), signed between Nigeria and other countries, which many of them believe is lopsided against Nigeria. They said the coronavirus lockdown period was a good opportunity to review the BASA, which they argued some countries had been benefiting from over the years […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation chaired by Honourable Nnolim Nnaji has warned that on no account should a United Kingdom based Titan Airways be granted approval to fly into the country for evacuation flight if Nigerian Airline is refused landing rights for similar flight by the United Kingdom Authorities. The committee arrived at […]
After being re-elected, the All Progressives Congress-led federal government has got another four years to actualize its plans for the aviation industry, as it provides the party the opportunity to complete its on-going development programmes. Speaking at the last stakeholders meeting in Abuja late last year, the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika explained […]
Medview Airlines would be the third Nigerian airline to operate to Dubai. The airline marked its inaugural flight to the Middle East business hub on December 7, recording high load factor of over 85 per cent. That was an encouraging figure and may be a prologue to successful flight operation to Dubai by […]
