The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has rejected the October 15 date fixed for the resumption of international flights by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), saying flights may resume before October. In a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued yesterday by NCAA to international airlines, the agency fixed October 15 for the resumption of […]
The Group Managing Director, Finchglow Group, a travel and aviation development company, Mr. Bankole Bernard, in this interview says concession of the airports will attract international funding to upgrade, modernise the facilities as well as remove political interference in the management process. What is your view about concession of airports? Simply explained, an airport concession […]
The federal government yesterday said that it declined the requests of five governors to travel by air in compliance with the travel restrictions imposed in the country to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed yesterday by the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, at a press conference in Abuja. Sirika explained […]
The federal government has extended the closure of international airports by two weeks. Government closed the airports for scheduled commercial flights in the midnight of March 23, 2020 and it was projected that it would be reopened after one month. But in a tweet from his verified Twitter handle yesterday, the Minister of Aviation, Senator […]
The writer urges the federal government to consider indigenous operators in its quest to set up a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Nigeria. The federal government recently notified members of the public in an advertorial that it intends to establish maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Nigeria. The government in the advertorial stated […]
