The international Air Transport Association on Tuesday released its 2022 airline safety performance, which indicates significant reduction in air accidents globally. The 2022 safety report for global aviation showed a reduction in the number of fatal accidents and the fatality risk, compared to 2021 and to the five year average (2018-2022). The global body said […]
Many Nigerians are anxious while travelling by air in the country. Their anxiety is occasioned by the number of air crashes recorded so far, which experts described as outrageous and tragic, considering the fact that Nigeria has relatively low air traffic. Chinedu Eze writes that government’s efforts to provide more equipment to further improve safety […]
The Federals Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has unveiled activities to celebrate the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja as it clocked 40 years yesterday. The Authority in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mrs. Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, said the hallmark of the celebration would be the commissioning of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport’s Park and Pay Automated […]
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Capt. Fola Akinkuotu has assured airlines and other airspace users of the determination of the agency to work assiduously towards building upon the current safety profile of the nation’s airspace. Capt. Akinkuotu who made these remarks in a statement to mark his first anniversary as […]
In a move that may be in response to the many months of clamour by labour and other Nigerians, the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) has finally taken full ownership of Nigeria’s foremost airline, Aero Contractors. AMCON absorbed the toxic assets of the company when it was headed down due to over bloated debts […]
