With the failure of the airports remodelling project of the former administration, there are indications that the government intends to replicate the facelift currently ongoing at the Lagos airport terminal in other airports across the country. Following the completion of the repairs of the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the ongoing facelift of the terminal of […]
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A Dana Air aircraft en-route Port Harcourt on Friday morning, made an ‘air return’, some minutes after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport II, Lagos. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-SRI returned after colliding with a bird mid-air. The Communications Manager of the airline, Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, confirmed the incident in a statement. Ezenwa said the captain took a professional […]
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has begun investigation into the smoke in an Aero Contractors aircraft enroute Lagos from Port Harcourt. General Manager, Public Relations of NCAA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, confirmed the development, in Lagos, on Wednesday. Aero Contractors flight NG316 was engulfed in smoke about 20 minutes after take-off, causing panic among the passengers. The situation prompted the […]
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The Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Usman Muktar, says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway is ready for operation and can be opened on Wednesday. Muktar stated this while speaking with newsmen during an inspection of the airport’s runway on Monday in Abuja. The Abuja airport was closed on March 8 for six weeks to enable rehabilitation […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday gave the assurance that the rehabilitation work at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja would be completed on schedule. During an inspection of the progress of work at the Airport, Osinbajo said he was happy with the pace and quality of work done, adding that it is already at 80 per cent completion. The […]
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The management of Arik Air says it has resolved the impasse with labour unions, which affected it operations on Thursday. The airline said the impasse, which was led by the Lagos State branch of National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and National Association of Aircraft Pilot and Engineers (NAAPE) was […]
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Labour unions in the aviation sector on Thursday shut down Arik Air operations, vowing to continue the action until the airline agreed to implement the agreement reached by the two parties in December. The unions involved in the action are National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Association of Aircraft Pilots […]
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Dana Air has disclosed that the airline would review all the safety recommendations prescribed in the full report of the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) that was made public on Monday. Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, the airline’s Communications Manager, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the AIB Commissioner, […]
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The number of domestic airlines in the country has dropped from 150 to eight in the last 17 years, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said. The General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, said during an interaction with journalists that the development was due to lack of proper corporate governance and inability to fulfil safe operations, rather than multiple […]
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