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- 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…
- 30 Sept 2013
New Charges Cover Niche Services for Clients-NCAA
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said that the newly introduced general aviation charges are for non-scheduled commercial operators, and pointed out that the new charges cover for…
- 24 Dec 2013
FG Votes N1.56Bn for New Plane as Domestic Airlines Shrink
The federal government has made provisions for a new plane in the presidential fleet bringing to 11 the number of planes at the becks and calls of the federal government, according to a report by T…
- 14 Oct 2013
89 Escape Death as IRS Plane Crashes in Kaduna
Another tragedy was averted on Sunday morning in Kaduna, after an IRS Fokker 100 aircraft with 89 passengers lost two tyres while landing. This is coming two weeks after a plane crashed in…
- 14 Oct 2013
NCAA Appeals for Caution on Reporting Aviation Matters
Captain Fola Akinkuotu, director general, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has called for caution in the reportage of aviation matters in the country insisting that several aspects of the…
- 24 Jun 2013
FAAN Completes Lagos Airport Clean-Up
The Federal Airport Authority (FAAN) has announced total completion of its airport evacuation exercise in a bid to ride the nation’s prime airport, Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA), Lagos of all…
- 21 Feb 2016
Capt. Fola Akinkuotu Emerges Substantive CEO Aero
Mr. Adeniyi Adegbonmire, the receiver manager, has appointed Capt. Fola Akinkuotu as substantive CEO for Aero Contractors, as part of the second phase of the restructuring process of the…
- 26 Dec 2014
Passengers Stranded at Lagos Airports Over Increased Fares
Hundreds of intending passengers were on Thursday stranded at the two domestic Lagos airports over hike in fares by airline operators. The operators capitalised on the Christmas rush to increase…
- 9 Jan 2014
Chanchangi, IRS to Resume Flight Operations
Strong indications have emerged that Chanchangi and IRS are likely to resume flight operations by end of the month after several months of stopping operations following technical advise by the…
- 26 Jun 2013
Senate Confirms Akikuotu as New DG of NCAA
Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Captain Fola Akikuotu as the substantive director general, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), following the adoption of the report of the Senate…
- 14 May 2013
NAAPE Accuses IMF of Encouraging Wastes in Nigeria
National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has returned a damning indictment on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for calling for the wind up of Assets Management Corporation…
- 10 Feb 2015
Bi-Courtney Unfolds Further Plans for MMA2
Two months after the second terminal of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA2) was voted as the best in Nigeria, the operators have offered to show other terminal operators how to fly high in the industry…
- 26 Jun 2012
Aviation Crisis: Industry Indicts Banks
Either by mistake or in the hope that it will not be noticed, Nigerian banks gave airlines in the country less change than is right, leaving them to bleed profusely with debts running into billions,…
- 29 Jan 2018
FAAN Removes Abandoned Aircrafts at Lagos Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has started the evacuation of abandoned Aircrafts that litters the airside of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos. Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu,…
- 22 Nov 2019
US Accuses Onyema, Air Peace Boss of $20m Fraud
United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, said it has charged Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, with bank fraud and money laundering…