AVIATION

Domestic airline operators in Nigeria have increased airfares on domestic routes by 100 per cent with effect from March 1 2022. This is as a result of high cost of Aviation fuel and inadequate supply of Dollars with which they transact businesses. Information said that aviation fuel now costs above...

As a fallout of the diplomatic row between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Nigerian government over the withdrawal of flight frequencies to Emirates Airline, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority has now offered Nigeria’s Air Peace airline seven slots to operate from Dubai airport (DBX). In a letter circulating on...

  As a result of the retaliatory action taken against the Emirates UAE airline by the Federal Government of Nigeria which led to the reduction of an earlier 21 frequencies approved for the Middle East airline to just one, the airline has in return announced the suspension of its operations...

Emirates at the weekend touched down in both Abuja and Lagos, marking the restart of daily services to Nigeria from Dubai. It received a spectacular water canon welcome at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. Both flights from Dubai, EK 785 to Abuja and EK 783 to Lagos, were welcomed to Nnamdi...

Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, The Federal Government has reviewed the international travel protocol to reduce the risk of importing and exporting the Omicron variant. In a statement on Friday by the Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, and...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has given approval which issues authority to Anambra State Government to open the Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport for commercial operations with effect from December 2, 2021. The State Commissioner for Works, Mr Marcel Ifejiofor, made this known on Thursday. According to him,...

The Federal Government has lifted the ban it placed on Emirates Airline from flying into Nigeria without conditions. The Minister of Aviation , Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja in a statement by Mr James Odaudu, Director Public Affairs in the Ministry of Aviation. The News Agency...

  A total of 6,420,820 passengers travelled through domestic and international airports in Nigeria between January and June this year, representing 50.5 per cent increase over 4,267, 409 recorded same period in 2020. Passengers Traffic Statistics Report made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by Federal Airports Authority of...

  Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom said on Saturday that the state planned to add 10 additional A220-300 series aircraft to the fleet of Ibom Air.He revealed the plan when he spoke at an event marking the 85th birthday of Obong Etim Abia, the Paramount Ruler of Eket in...

 Delta Airlines, the longest-serving U.S. airline to Africa, will resume its direct flight services between Lagos and  John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Dec.8.The airline operators said they are doing this to restore  the popular route in time for the festive season. Delta’s Commercial Director Africa, the...