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- 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…
- 5 Aug 2013
Ethiopian Airlines Begins International Flight on Enugu Route
Ethiopian Airlines said it will commence new services to Enugu in few weeks time. If achieved, the airline will become the first international carrier to fly to the city. Ethiopian will also increase…
- 19 Sept 2021
Ethiopian Airline Resumes Flight to Enugu Oct. 1
The Ethiopian Airline said on Sunday it would resume flights to Enugu as from Oct. 1, two years after it suspended flight to the South-Eastern state. Shimeles Arage, the airline’s General Manager,…
- 3 Aug 2017
SAHCOL Commences Handling of Ethiopian Airline at Kaduna
The Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), has won the contract to provide total ground handling services to Ethiopian Airline at the Kaduna Airport. The contract which took effect from…
- 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…
- 19 Aug 2013
FG Approves Ethiopian Airlines Enugu-Addis Ababa Flight Operations
Stella Oduah, minister of Aviation, has confirmed that Africa’s major carrier, Ethiopian Airlines will kick off its inaugural flight from Enugu to Addis Ababa, the East African nation’s capital…
- 27 May 2014
SAHCOL to Provide Ground Handling Services To Ethiopian Airlines, Azman Air
The skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) has achieved yet another success, as it signed full handling contracts with Ethiopian Airlines and AZMAN Air, to offer ground handling services…
- 21 Mar 2019
How Untrained Pilot Killed 157 on Ethiopian Airways-Report
The captain of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight that killed 157 people when the plane crashed shortly after take-off in Ethiopia, did not practise on a new simulator for the Boeing 737 MAX 8, a…
- 16 Jan 2017
Turkish Airlines Airlifts Over 61m Passengers in 2016, Adds Kharkiv to Network
Traffic results for the period of January-December 2016 show that Turkish Airlines airlifted passenger carried increased by 2.5%, reaching to 62.8 million passengers from 61.2 million passengers for…
- 11 Mar 2026
Reps Give FAAN Two-week Ultimatum to Recover N18.98bn Debts from Foreign Airlines
House of Representatives Committee on Finance has given the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) two weeks to recover N18.98 billion owed to the Federal Government by foreign airlines…
- 25 Jan 2018
NTDC DG, Others Appointed As Jury for the Nigeria Travel Awards
By peter oluka The organising committee of the Nigeria Travel Awards, organised by Jumia Travel, has announced the appointment of Folorunsho Coker, DG, Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC)…
- 23 Feb 2017
Jumia Travel Launches Flight Services
Jumia Travel has announced the unveiling of its Flights Services for travelers, a major move to boost its service offerings. This service is part of the broader programme to create a one stop travel…
- 23 May 2021
NDLEA Nabs Kingpin with Cocaine Worth N8Bn in Lagos
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine weighing 27.95 kilogrammes with a street value of over N8 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport…
- 28 Aug 2022
NDLEA Arrests Lagos Airport Cleaner who Leads Drug Syndicate
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, Ohiagu Sunday, who leads a drug syndicate at…
- 27 May 2024
FG suspends Nigeria Air indefinitely
Federal Government has announced the indefinite suspension of the Air Nigeria Airline project. Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, during a ministerial press briefing in…
- 2 Dec 2024
AFRAA's 56th AGA: Collaboration and Innovation for Africa's Airlines
African Airlines Association (AFRAA) recently concluded its 56th Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Cairo, Egypt. Hosted by EgyptAir under the High Patronage of the Government of the Arab Republic of…
- 21 Oct 2013
NAMA Records 28,000 Over-flyers in 12 Months
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said on Monday that there has been tremendous patronage of the airspace in recent time as it recorded 28,165 Over- flyers operated by 517 foreign…
- 20 Feb 2019
Jumia Opens Voting for Nigeria Travel Awards
Jumia Travel has announced the launch of the 3rd edition of the annual Nigeria Travel Awards which is scheduled to hold on Monday, March 11th, 2019 at Jupiter Hall, Four Points by Sheraton. 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…
- 21 Jan 2015
SAHCOL Chairman, Bags ‘The Sun Business Man Of The Year 2014’ Award
Barrister Taiwo Olayinka Afolabi, chairman of the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), has been awarded with the 'Sun Business Man of the year award 2014'. The award was presented to…
- 13 Sept 2017
Aero Contractors gets NCAA Approval for C-check Maintenance
Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors, has received certification from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to handle C-checks on Boeing B737-300, B737-400 and B737-500. Capt. Ado…
- 22 Jun 2016
Exploiting Economic Potentials of the Nigerian Aviation Industry
The aviation industry is a catalyst for socio-economic development anywhere! It provides the fastest and safest means of transportation of persons and cargo within and between countries thereby…
- 4 Aug 2013
Pilots, Engineers Ask Airlines to Merge
Pilots and engineers have advised Nigerian airline operators to consider mergers, acquisition, collaboration (code sharing), and the likes to save the industry from collapse. Rising from their recent…
- 16 Feb 2026
African Leaders Highlight Africa’s AI Ambitions
African leaders used the AU Summit in Addis Ababa over the weekend to sharpen the continent’s technology agenda, with Ethiopia positioning artificial intelligence (AI), digital infrastructure and…
- 10 Jul 2016
Air Passenger Moderating Demand Trend Continues
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 4.6%, compared to…
- 3 Apr 2023
Cellulant Sets to Lead Online and Offline Payment Drive Across Businesses in Africa
Cellulant, a leading payments technology company, aims to change how businesses in Africa make and receive payments by introducing online and offline payment solutions. The payments market in Africa…
- 1 Jan 2014
Aviation Records Significant Milestones in 2013-Dati
As aviation stakeholders in Nigeria take stock of activities in the industry in 2013, the consensus of opinion is that the industry recorded significant milestones during the year, according to Mr.…
- 13 Jun 2019
MEST Africa Hosts Fourth Annual Pan-African Tech Summit
Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund, and incubator MEST Africa, has concluded its fourth successful MEST Africa Summit, in partnership with Microsoft. The event saw entrepreneurs,…
- 21 Dec 2012
Elumelu Makes Top 4 African Business Leaders
Tony O. Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and chairman of Heirs Holdings Limited, has been named one of the four African Business Leaders of the Year, at an awards ceremony hosted by…
- 18 Sept 2013
Oduah Urges S/East to Maximize Akam Ibiam Airport’ Potentials
Princess Stella Oduah, minister of Aviation, has challenged the people of the South East to make the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu not just viable but amongst the top three airports in…