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- 20 Sept 2018
Nigeria Air: Airline Operators Hail suspension
Following the suspension of Nigeria Air on Wednesday by the Federal Government, Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have commended them for taking bold step to suspend the planned National Carrier…
- 18 Sept 2020
FG Bans Emirates Airlines from Operating in Nigeria
Federal Government has included Emirates Airlines in the list of airlines not allowed to operate in Nigeria. This is part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Hadi Sirika,…
- 11 Apr 2018
Afreximbank to Assist Nigeria Airline Operators Acquire New Aircraft
AS part of its, efforts at improving the air transport infrastructure across Africa, the African Import Export Bank, Afreximbank and the Russian Export Center, REC, Wednesday, began a roadshow in…
- 15 Apr 2019
Turkish Airlines Expands Nigeria Flight Operations
Turkish Airlines management has announced that it would begin London-Istanbul-Port-Harcourt flights from June 24, 2019. The airline said it airlifted over 75.2 million passengers from its more than…
- 8 Nov 2013
FAAN Refutes Airline Operators Charges Boycott Claims
Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday, debunked claims that the Airline operators of Nigeria (AON) have since November 1, 2013, stopped remitting their charges to Government…
- 5 Aug 2024
Court Halts Sale of Nigeria Airlines to Ethiopian Airlines
A federal high court sitting in Lagos has nullified the sale of 49 percent equity stake in Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines. In the ruling on Monday, August 5, Judge Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, said the…
- 8 May 2022
Airline Operators Call Off Planned Suspension of Flights
Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have called off their planned suspension of flights which was billed to commence today (Monday, 9 May). The association announced that it was postponing the…
- 15 Jun 2026
Guinea-Bissau Taps United Nigeria Airlines to Establish AIR BISSAU, National Carrier
Government of Guinea-Bissau has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria’s United Nigeria Airlines to establish AIR BISSAU, a national carrier, for the West African country, to boost…
- 1 Dec 2023
NCAA Lifts Suspension on United Nigeria Airline Aircraft
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has lifted the suspension placed on the Part G operations specifications of a wet leased Airbus aircraft operated by United Nigeria Airlines. The agency…
- 4 Feb 2016
Airline Operators Appeal to FG on Forex Restriction
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) yesterday appealed to the federal government to rescind its decision to restrict supply of foreign exchange to only bureaux de change in the country. Nogie…
- 28 Jul 2014
Why NCAA Suspended ASKY Operations to Nigeria
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA), has suspended all ASky Airline operations to Nigeria with immediate effect. Engineer Benedict Adeyileka, acting director general of the NCAA who made the…
- 27 Nov 2023
NCAA Suspends All Wet-leased Aircraft in United Nigeria Airlines
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended all the wet-leased aircraft in the operations of United Nigeria Airlines (UNA). The suspension may not be unconnected with the diversion of…
- 25 Mar 2017
Arik, Labour Unions Reach Agreement, Airline Resumes operations
Arik Airline has resumed operations following the resolution of the impasse with labour unions. The management of Arik Air resolved the differences with labour unions led by the Lagos State branch of…
- 31 Oct 2019
Med-View Airline Resumes Flight Operations this November
Mr Michael Ajigbotoso, Chief Operating Officer, Med-View Airline, on Thursday said the airline would resume flight operations in the next few weeks. Ajigbotoso made the disclosure while briefing…
- 13 Nov 2013
FAAN, AON on War Path over Charges
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have been at each other’s throats over whether airlines should continue to pay charges, following the…
- 20 Aug 2014
FG Pledges to Protect Local Airline Operators
Osita Chidoka, minister of Aviation, has said that the Federal Government will continue to protect local airline operators in Nigeria’s aviation sector. He gave the assurance when the management of…
- 1 Sept 2016
First Nation, Another Airlines Shuts Down Operations
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has confirmed that the First Nation Airlines has shut down its operations in the country to maintain its aircraft. The suspension of operations by the First…
- 12 Nov 2017
NCAA Warns Airline Operators of Hazardous Weather
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued a weather alert to all airline operators indicating hazards associated with Harmattan dust haze in flight operations at this period of the…
- 21 Oct 2014
Caverton Boss Says Import Duty Removal Improves Airline Operations
Mr. Kingsley Uwagbale, director of Strategy and Planning at Nigeria leading indigenous helicopter firm, Caverton has said that removal of import duty on aircraft spare parts by the federal…
- 10 May 2017
Turkish Airlines Decries Nigeria’s Lack of Functional National Carrier
Nigerian passengers and passengers from other countries, who travel on Turkish Airlines (TK) and Middle East Airlines (ME), will be part of the beneficiaries of the codeshare agreement recently…
- 7 Jan 2024
CBN Disburses $61.6M to Foreign Airline Operators as Part of FX Backlog Clearance
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the disbursement of $61.64 million to foreign airlines through various Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). This disbursement, as disclosed by Mrs. Hakama…
- 28 Apr 2017
Turkish Airlines Declares Interest on Code-Sharing With Nigeria
Turkish Airlines, Europe Best airlines for the six years running, envisages effective code-sharing agreements in Nigeria, given that the country had a functional national carrier with a…
- 25 Oct 2016
Ethiopian Airline Transfer Cargo Operations to SAHCOL
In aligning with the expertise, professionalism, efficiency and business integrity of the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), Ethiopian Airlines has moved its Cargo Operations to…
- 4 Dec 2013
Meggison, New AON Chairman Harps on Safety, Customer Protection
Captain Nogie Meggison, new chairman of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), has said that safety, protection of customers and the development of the aviation industry are the priorities of the new…
- 8 Aug 2024
Arik Air Resumes Flight Operations
Arik Air management has announced that the airline has resumed flight operations. Recall that the airline had suspended flight operations after the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) grounded…
- 18 Jun 2017
JetWest Airlines Makes Debut in Nigeria by December
A new airline, JetWest, is set to takeoff in December flying on local routes in the country. Founder of the airline, Dikko Nwachukwu, said the new airline is aimed at making air travel accessible for…
- 5 Aug 2026
Many Nigerian Airlines May Collapse within 30 Days – Onyema
Allen Onyema, vice chairman, Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) and chairman, Air Peace, has warned that several domestic airlines could cease operations within the next 30 days unless the federal…
- 30 Nov 2012
Aero Commences Flight Operations between Calabar, Abuja
Aero, Nigeria’s leading regional airline, has announced that effective December 1, 2012, the airline will commence flight operations between Calabar and Abuja . The flight, which will be operated…
- 8 Jun 2026
IATA Drops Bombshell: Nigeria Among World's Most Expensive Countries to Run an Airline
International Air Transport Association (IATA) has identified Nigeria as one of the most expensive countries in the world for airline operations, citing high taxes, charges and operational costs that…
- 13 Jan 2019
NCAA Warns Airlines Against Unauthorised Charter Operations
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened to wield the big stick over charter operations by unauthorised permit holders. Mr Sam Adurogboye, General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA,…