Tag: aviation
Day 12: Aero Contractors Still Grounded
Nigeria’s second largest airline, Aero Contractors, remained grounded on Monday, twelve days after a labour crisis paralysed its activities nationwide.…
Day 9: Aero Planes Still Grounded
Nigeria’s second largest airline, Aero Contractors, remained grounded on Friday, nine days after a labour crisis paralysed its activities nationwide…
NCAA Grounds Aero Contractors
Hundreds of striking workers of Aero Contractors erupted in jubilation on Wednesday after learning that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,…
Aero Crisis: Management, Labour In Crucial Talks
Protests continued on Tuesday morning at the headquarters of Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s second largest airline, now grounded for six days,…
Arik Air Appoints Bamgbose As VP
Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest airline, announced on Monday it has appointed Mr. Lanre Bamgbose as its Associate Vice President (AVP),…
Aero Sacks Striking Workers
The labour crisis rocking Nigeria’s second largest airline, Aero Contractors, seems to have worsened, with the airline dismissing about a…
75 Air Travellers Stranded In Ilorin
No fewer than 75 passengers of Arik airline were on Sunday stranded at the IIorin International Airport following non-availability of…
Day 3: Aero Planes Still Grounded
Nigeria’s second largest airline, Aero Contractors, remained grounded for a third day and stranded passengers were being refunded their money…
American Airlines, US Airways merge
American Airlines parent company AMR Corp and US Airways announced Thursday that their boards have approved a merger agreement to…
Fani-Kayode Re-Arraigned
Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, was Monday morning re-arraigned before a Federal High court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for alleged…
Arik Air pleads with CBN over bank loans
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, on Tuesday, begged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to allow banks…
Complaints Against Oduah Baseless
Joe Obi is the Special Assistant (Media) to Princess Stella Oduah, Minister of Aviation. In this email response to questions…
Unions Threaten Aviation Industry
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah wants to destroy the Aviation industry in the country, the unions in the…
Arik Air, Lufthansa Technik seal partnership
Simon Ateba Arik Air and world renowned aircraft maintenance service provider, Lufthansa Technik of Germany, have sealed a new partnership…
Arik Air Winter Schedule For Lagos-New York Route
Simon Ateba Arik Air today said it has introduced a new schedule for its Lagos-New York, JFK service. The airline…
Kano To Train 100 Pilots Abroad
At least 100 indigenes of Kano state are to be sponsored by the state government for training as pilots and…
Dana Must Resume Flight Operations — ART
A group of aviation analysts and professionals under the aegis of Aviation Round Table, ART, have said that Dana Air,…
Aviation Industry: The Way Forward
For decades, the Nigerian aviation industry has been moving in circle with nothing fundamental changing about it. History in the…
Kabo Air denies having old aircraft
Nigerian airliner, Kabo Air Limited on Sunday denied media reports that some of its aircraft are over 30 years old.…
Abuja Airport runway lights rectified
Some of the runway lights at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja which were out of order on Friday night…
No survivor as Dana plane Crashes in Lagos
A Dana Airline passenger plane, carrying 153 passengers, including 6 crew members has crashed into a residential suburb of Nigeria’s…
Impact Of Corruption On Facilities At Nigeria’s Airports
Few internal memos explain better why infrastructure has remained squalid at Nigeria’s airports. The one written on 28 May 2009…
Japan Airlines Lands In Profitland
Japan Airlines (JAL), which went bankrupt two years ago in one of the country’s biggest-ever corporate failures, on Monday logged…
86 survive as Abuja bound Dana plane lands in Lagos
A Dana Air flight carrying 86 passengers from Uyo on Thursday made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International…
Emirates Airline profits go downwards
Dubai’s Emirates airline group posted a 61-percent slump in net profit in the year to March 31 due to unprecedented…
Ban On British Airways: Aviation Minister Slows Down
The Nigerian Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah, will not enforce the ban on British Airways and other foreign airlines…
Fani-Kayode Faces Trial 10 October
The coast is now clear for the trial of the former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode to commence on 10…
Aviation Expert Berates Minister On Foreign Airlines Ultimatum
A Nigerian aviation expert and analyst, retired Group Captain, Mr. John Ojikutu, has slammed the Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella…
Nigeria Gives Foreign Airlines 30 Days Ultimatum
Foreign airlines which charge higher fares in Nigeria, far above other African countries, must crash their prices within 30 days…
Man Who Used Governor’s Phone To Dupe Paraded
A 32-year old man, Kelvin Igho, who was dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force, has been arrested and paraded by…