Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika has announced the emergence of preferred and reserve bidders for three (3) out of four (4) Airports and Cargo Terminals as approved for concession under the programme. The Request for Proposals (RFP) phase of the…
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, on Wednesday, assured that the nation’s national carrier, ‘Nigeria Air’ will commence operations in early December, 2022. The Minister gave this assurance while interacting with the Senate Press Corps at the National Assembly…
Over the past three years, the Federal Government has proposed to spend a total of N7, 454,000,000 to establish a new national carrier otherwise known as Nigeria Air. This information is according to figures contained in the proposed annual national…
Following the recent allegation by a Dubai-bound Nigerian citizen of sharp practices by some Nigeria Immigration personnel during passenger clearance which occurred about three (3) weeks ago at the Lagos Airport, the Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris, MFR,…
Seeking to increase government’s revenue base, Naebi Dynamic Concepts Limited, an indigenous aviation consulting firm has been designated to collect charges from over 250 helicopters platforms, oil rigs platforms, airstrips, aerodromes, helipads, helipods and Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FSPO)…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the establishment of a National Carrier for Nigeria is at 91 per cent completion, and is expected to commence flight operations before the end of this year. The president gave the assurance at the…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), has approved the establishment of a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) centre expected to generate $185 million. This is contained in a statement issued by Ms Manji Yarling, Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Infrastructure Concession…
Ethiopian Airlines Group has announced the completion of passenger to freighter conversion of one of its three B767 aircraft, the first in Africa. Ethiopian partnered with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and launched a B767-300ER freighter conversion line at Ethiopian MRO…
ValueJet Airline has begun flight operations and reeling plans for quick expansion. The airline took off with commercial operations on Monday with flight to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Asaba and Jos daily with plans to increase routes and frequency when its…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says for Africa to take advantage of tourism as its fastest-growing market, the continent must address the challenge of poor air connectivity. The Minister stated this on Wednesday in Arusha, Tanzania…
