By Oladele Eniola The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has advised the Chairman of Arik Air, Johnson Arumemi-Ikide, to present a reasonable debt recovery plan in order to recover the airline. The Managing Director of AMCON, Mr Ahmed Kuru, gave the advice at a media interactive session in LagosContinue Reading
By Aderogba George The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) says it has begun the Aviation Resuscitation Programme for Cadet Pilots and Aircraft Maintenance Engineers. A statement on Tuesday by Mr Freston Akpor, Senior Assistant on Media to the PAP Interim Administrator (IA), disclosed this on Tuesday. The statement stated that the trainingContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja The Director-General, Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Mr Akin Olateru, says Nigeria has the best aviation safety record in Africa with only two fatal accidents within a 10-year period. In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, Mr James Odaudu, NSIB’s Director of PublicContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja Mr Sam Adurogboye, the Public Relations Manager, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), says he is ready to enhance professional proficiency in aviation from his wealth of knowledge in the sector. Adurogoye made the declaration on Friday in Abuja during an interview with the News AgencyContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has expressed the readiness of Federal Government to welcome more investors into nation’s aviation industry. Keyamo made the call on Friday in Abuja when he received the Egyptian Civil Aviation team inContinue Reading
The Air Peace says it has placed a firm order for five Embraer E175 aircrafts for fleet expansion and renewal. The airline`s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Allen Onyema, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. According toContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) have signed a landmark deal to achieve unified civil aviation regulation in Africa. Both aviation authorities signed the agreement during the African Aviation Summit in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo says the Federal Government is ready to make Nigeria the aviation hub of Africa. Keyamo sated this at the seventh edition of the Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition 2023, on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, theContinue Reading
By Oladele Eniola Air Peace Airline has announced the commencement of direct flights from Lagos and Kano to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from Oct. 31. The airline’s Chief Operating Officer, Ms Oluwatoyin Olajide, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. Disclosing this duringContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja Mr Joep Ellers, Airbus Airline Marketing Director for Africa, had said that African carriers will need at least 160 new passenger and freighter aircraft to meet the rising demand by 2042. Ellers made the assertion on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing newsmen ahead of AviationContinue Reading
