The Federal Government has approved new aviation safety threshold charges for ground handling companies. The current rates of the ground handling companies in Nigeria had been stagnant since 1986. Ove ...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued a circular to all foreign airlines operating into Nigeria not to henceforth deny Nigerian travelers boarding for their inability to show evidenc ...

Air Peace, Nigeria’s biggest airline and market leader in West Africa has officially inaugurated its first Embraer E195-E2. The airline took delivery of its first E2 in January and has since added two ...

Azman Air is attempting to get some traction amid the travel downturn after its flights were suspended in March due to a safety audit from regulators. At the time, it was unclear what sparked the grou ...

Nigeria is adding South Africa to its "red list" of countries for which there are stringent restrictions for arriving passengers, officials said during a briefing on Monday. Nigeria is introducing the ...

Air Peace employees have foiled a pair of baby smugglers about to board a flight from Lagos to Asaba at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Monday, June 7. The incident involved two babies making ...

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777 shot off the runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos as the left side wheels found themselves stuck in the mud after landing, requiring staff to sho ...

As Covid 19 pandemic recedes, there are indications that more countries are ready to reopen to travels earlier than expected. This comes against the backdrop of the near devastating effect of the pand ...

Airlines have raised the alarm over the cost implication of mandatory coronavirus tests, citing the impact on airfares that have spiked by over 45 per cent. The airlines, following a survey of PCR tes ...

The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has declared all airports in Nigeria safe. The ONSA, in a statement, said an earlier report on security threats around airports was a routine threat ...

There are reports that a KLM flight that left Lagos to Amsterdam, Netherlands on the 19th of April, 2021 was found to have a body of a man inside the landing gear. It is thought the man stowed away on ...

Ethiopia Airlines has announced that it will be trialing IATA’s Travel Pass – a digital health passport that will make the verification of COVID-19 tests and vaccinations easier for the carrier. The A ...

South African Airways (SAA) is continuing to get back on its feet to once again become a functioning airline. As part of this saga, currently within a drawn-out business rescue process, SAA will be ge ...

As part of its ongoing expansion of its operations both on the domestic, and international routes, leading Nigerian airlines, Air Peace has announced the launching of scheduled commercial flights into ...

Kenya Airways has announced what market watchers described as its worst results in memorable history as the airline continues to take stock of the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on its operation ...

The Ministry of Aviation has slammed another flight ban on Emirates Airlines as the disagreements over acceptable Covid-19 protocols between both parties are yet to be sorted out. The Federal Governme ...

Air Peace has been caught in the web of the ongoing face-off between the Nigerian government and the Emirates Airline over administration of different Covid-19 protocols. It could be recalled that the ...

The domestic aviation market will soon witness a resurgence of activities with the coming on board of three new airlines. The new airlines are Nigerian Eagle Airline, Green Africa Airways and United N ...

The sharing formula adopted for the distribution of N4 billion aviation bailout funds which the Federal Government gave the airlines appears to have become a source of conflict among them.  Some of th ...

Aviation experts have expressed worry that Nigeria could soon be hit by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic following rising daily cases and the abandonment of safety protocols by states across t ...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said that it has reached an agreement with airlines in the country to ensure that debts owed to the agency are reconciled and a payment plan is agreed upon. T ...

The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, is seeking the support of stakeholders behind the aviation sector’s roadmap to develop the sector within the lifespan of the current administration. Siri ...

The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Musa Nuhu, has foreseen a merger of airlines in the aviation sector due to the current crisis that has engulfed the sector. He made ...

The latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics revealed that ‎the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes on a single journey decreased by 1.70 per cent month-on-month ...

The Accident Investigation Bureau has listed three factors as the cause of the Aero Contractors incident involving a B737-500 aircraft with registration marks 5N- BLG, which occurred on April 9, 2016 ...

In what observers and diplomatic experts describe as a last ditch effort to give bite to his immigration policy, the Trump administration has has issued a visa rule requiring tourist and business trav ...

The ban earlier placed on some European carriers such as Lufthansa German Airline, and Air France/KLM Group by the Nigerian government from operating international flights into the country has been li ...

The total revenue generated by two of the major oil marketing companies in the country from the sale of aviation fuel plunged by 58.2 per cent in the first nine months of the year, compared with the s ...

Expectations by Africa’s largest airline that its flight ban from Addis Ababa to Shanghai Pudong, China would be lifted hit the rock as the Chinese authorities extended the ban. Ethiopian Airlines has ...

The Accident Investigation Bureau has listed three factors as the cause of the Chanchangi accident involving a 737-200 aircraft with registration marks 5N- BIG, which occurred on July 14, 2008 at the ...

The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to suspend indefinitely the plan to concession airports until all issues have been addressed. The House Committee on Aviation, which criti ...

The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said on Tuesday that the number of airports in the country would soon increase by 10. Sirika stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on ...

The Federal Government says adequate preparations had been made and the sum of N78.96 billion had been budgeted in the 2021 Appropriation Bill to implement the plan for a new national carrier, among o ...

Flights were grounded in Akure Airport, Ondo State, on Monday as a crater was discovered dug on the runway on the airport. The crater was allegedly dug on the runway by some unknown persons suspected ...

Domestic flights have resumed at Nigeria’s busiest airport, the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, but on a slow start. The Lagos State Government had placed a three-day curfew in the state in a bid to ...

Following the ongoing protests against police brutality in the country, airfares on domestic routes have increased, PUNCH reports. The increase in the price regime was reflected by several carriers on ...

The Federal Government on Tuesday declared that it would double the number of airports across Nigeria by 2023. Nigeria has about 31 airports currently. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria operat ...

Aviation unions have threatened to go on strike in seven days over shortfalls in salary payments to workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. In a letter addressed to the Managing Director ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has confirmed that it would begin the issuance of visas to Nigerians from Thursday (today), the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced on Wednesday. Sirika had ann ...

Africa’s leading commercial carrier, Ethiopian Airlines Group has announced as part of efforts aimed to protecting its millions of passengers from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic that it will cov ...

President Major General Muhammadu Buhari has signed the instruments of ratification of the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) between Nigeria and the United States of America, India, Morocco and R ...

The Federal Government has signed a Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with the USA, India, Morocco and Rwanda. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika in his twitter handle @hadisirika stated, “I am gl ...

Returning and traveling passengers through the country’s major airports have decried the high level of frustrations, extortions and COVID-19 test scams at airport. These passengers are complaining bit ...

Travellers into Nigeria must be ready to bear the full cost of COVID-19 tests says The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu. Aliyu, disclosed this on Saturday ...

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Wednesday said the Federal Government has granted approval to Emirates Airlines to resume flying into Nigeria after initially banning the carrier from the cou ...

The Federal Government has lifted the ban on Emirates Airlines from operating in Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika had on September 18 announced the ban of Emirates flights to Nigeria. Ho ...

The House of Representatives has mandated the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to include certification of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in ...

The negotiation between workers of Arik and the management has slowly nosedived into a deadlock, The PUNCH reports. It was gathered that none of the conditions which caused the staff to embark on a st ...

Nigeria's airspace is expected to  be shut on Monday as four aviation unions have declared support for Organised Labour proposed nationwide strike. The unions, in a statement on Friday, directed ...

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said that N1bn was borrowed from the Chinese for the concession of the airports. Speaking at a webinar organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group on Thursda ...

The Emirates airline group unveiled plans to produce kosher meals in keeping with Jewish dietary rules, two days after the UAE and Israel signed a deal to normalise ties. Dubai-based Emirates, the lar ...

The effect of the COVID- 19 on air travel will cost Nigeria and other Africa’s economies 3.5 million aviation jobs, triggering a contraction of continental Gross Domestic Product by $35bn in 2020. The ...

The effect of the COVID- 19 on air travel will cost Nigeria and other Africa’s economies 3.5 million aviation jobs, triggering a contraction of continental Gross Domestic Product by $35bn in 2020, The ...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that only airlines with certificates would be considered for federal government palliatives aimed at helping the airlines cushion the devastating ...

Following the suspension of the planned strike by its workforce, Arik Air has resumed flight operations. Passengers were left stranded on Monday as workers under the auspices of the National Union of ...

All airports in Nigeria are now open for domestic flight operations, the Federal Government announced on Monday. The Minister of Aviation, HadiSirika, who announced this in Abuja at Monday’s briefing ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Arik Air, Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, has written a letter to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige seeking his intervention in a mass action by the aviation unions ...

Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos The federal government through the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has released a new directive for intending passengers to China, the United States an ...

The management of Air Peace has dismissed allegations that it commenced business operations with funds sourced from Kingsley kuku, former Coordinator of the Presidential amnesty Office. The airline ca ...

Passengers undergoing screening during the arrival of first aircraft, Middle East Airline from Lebanon at MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos ...

The Accident Investigation Bureau Commissioner, Akin Olateru, has sought presidential assent for a bill to empower the bureau to investigate rail, road, and marine accidents and serious incidents. Ola ...

The Federal Government has granted approval to nine airlines to commence international flights in Nigeria. Speaking at a briefing of the Presidential TaskForce on Thursday, the Minister of Aviation, H ...

By Chinedu Obike When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Nigeria in February, one of its first casualties was air transportation. All flights, domestic and international were suspended. Movements, to and from ...

The Gross Domestic Product report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday has shown that air transport under the transportation and storage sector contracted by 57.38 per cent in Q2 20 ...

Staff of Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) protested in Lagos against the concession of federal airports in Nigeria.  The Federal Government has revealed readiness to give out terminal ...

Aviation unions — Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (ATSSSAN), National Union of Air Transport Employee (NUATE), Association of Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and Nigerian Union of Pen ...

The Federal Government on Sunday reopened Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu to flight operations. The Minister of Aviation Sen. Hadi Sirika, during the official opening ceremony in Enugu, said ...

The plan by the Federal Government to close the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for repair of its runway continues to generate mixed reactions from stakeholders The intention of the Federa ...

Ethiopian Airlines’ Airbus A350, the newest aircraft in the world, has arrived Nigeria for the first time.  According to the airline, Lagos and Dubai are the first stations to receive the Ethiopian Ai ...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has advised all airport users to be security conscious at all the nation’s airports. FAAN said the advice was necessary following recent spate of attac ...

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) says it has begun the provision of 24-hour en-route radar service to airspace users at the Kano and Lagos Area Control Centres (ACCs). The area radar ser ...

Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said it was leaving no stone unturned in meeting the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirement for states to ensure full implementation of ...

Former Minister of Aviation and serving Senator, Princess Stella Oduah, has absolved herself of guilt in the controversial purchase of two bullet-proof BMW cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authorit ...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has approved the recent 20 per cent cargo tariff increase being implemented by the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance). The Manager, Com ...

Chief Osita Chidoka, immediate past aviation minister has attributed the inability of Nigeria to convert Aero Contractors, to its national carrier to opposition from the company’s minority shareholder ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="Username" size="large" count="true" ] Ethiopian Airlines, the largest in Africa, has continued with its aviation technology leadership on the continent.  The gl ...

[stumble][Google][pinterest][follow id="Username" size="large" count="true" ] The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is poised to transform the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) ...