Domestic carrier, Air Peace, says it has concluded plans to have its maiden flight into the Akure Airport.
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ONLY 44 DOMESTIC AIRCRAFT FULLY INSURED – ART
The President, Aviation Round Table, Gbenga Olowo, on Thursday decried the state of the sector in Nigeria, disclosing that only 44 domestic aircraft currently had full insurance coverage.
Continue reading »FIRS PROPOSES NEW TAX REGIME FOR DOMESTIC AIRLINES
The Federal Inland Revenue Service has proposed a flexible tax payment method to enable domestic airlines to remain in operation as well as meet their Value Added Tax remittance obligations.
Continue reading »UAE-BASED FIRM SET TO PARTNER ARIK AIR, OFFSET DEBTS TO AMCON
Indications reaching the aviation sector yesterday showed that shareholders of Arik Air may have started discussing with a major Dubai based investor to partner with the Nigerian airline, with a view to offsetting the debts owe Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and other creditors.
Continue reading »BUSTED! ARIK CONFIRMS ARREST OF TWO PASSENGERS
Arik Air has confirmed the arrest of two male passengers caught stealing from the baggage of another passenger onboard the airline’s Lagos-Abuja flight on Friday morning.
Continue reading »WHY DOMESTIC FLIGHTS IN NIGERIA DROPPED 33 PER CENT IN FIRST QUARTER – OPERATOR
The Station Manager, Azman Air, Abdulahi Saroke, has attributed the drop in domestic flight operations in the first quarter to the six weeks closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Continue reading »FG OWES US N200BN OVER MMA2 CONCESSION
The Chairman, Resort Group, Dr. Wale Babalakin, says the Federal Government owes one of the group’s subsidiaries, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2, the sum of N200bn.
Continue reading »DOMESTIC FLIGHT OPERATIONS DECLINE BY 67% IN FIRST QUARTER – NCAA
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Monday said domestic flight operations declined by 67 percent in the first quarter of 2017, compared to the same period last year.
Continue reading »TWO AIR PEACE AIRCRAFT COLLIDE AT LAGOS AIRPORT
Two aircraft belonging to Air Peace Limited had a ground collision, on Thursday, while one of them was trying to manoeuvre its way out at the apron wing of the local terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MM2) Ikeja, Lagos. The incident, which occurred barely 48 hours after an Aero Contractors aircraft was engulfed in smoke while attempting to land […]
Continue reading »24HOURS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: ETHIOPIAN AIRLINE PLANE LANDS IN ABUJA AS AIRPORT REOPENS (PICTURES)
Ethiopian Airlines’ Airbus 350 plane was the first aircraft to land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja after the airport opened for use 24 hours ahead of schedule. The plane touched down at the airport at 12.10p.m. to mark the reopening of the facility after repair works were carried out on its ‘ dilapidated’ runway for six weeks. Domestic […]
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