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By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Reverend Samson Ayokunle, Monday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to invite church leaders on how to lift the country out of recession immediately, even as they called for constitutional reform. Ayokunle spoke at the induction service of Reverend Uzoma Uzoeshi and wife,
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Dubai-based Emirates airline on Thursday posted a $3.4 billion half-year loss, its first in more than three decades, saying it had been badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown that brought air transport to “a literal standstill”. “In this unprecedented situation for the aviation and travel industry, the Emirates Group recorded a half-year loss for the
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An interest in aircraft engineering quickly becomes a passion for private aviation. When Gavin Kiggen, Vice President for Africa & Director of Aviation at ExecuJet, part of the Luxaviation Group, completed his military service, he noticed an opportunity for a career in the aviation sector. Subsequently, he berthed at South Africa Airways where he honed
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By Adeola Badru The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has expressed the readiness of the Air Force to key into the plan of Governor Seyi Makinde to expand the Ibadan airport. Abubakar, stated this when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Makinde at Governor’s Office, State Secretariat, Ibadan. Speaking, Abubakar said
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Boeing recorded another 12 cancelled orders, Tuesday, for the 737 MAX, as the flagship aircraft is close to returning to the skies after being grounded since March 2019 following two deadly crashes. The American aviation giant, which has been battered by the MAX crisis as well as the fallout from the pandemic that has devastated
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By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Federal Government has said that if the Aviation sector must be in consonance with international standards and best practises, there was the urgent need for the establishment of Aviation Development Fund for the industry. Speaking Tuesday in Abuja, Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika said that the Aviation Development
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By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate has begun moves to ensure that any Corporate Organisation that constructs an Airdrone without obtaining permission from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) commits an offence and will be liable to a fine not exceeding N5million naira ($16,200 circa). According to the Senate, N2million naira ($6,500 circa)
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Global airlines have revised traffic forecasts lower, sector federation IATA said Tuesday, warning that hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk without more state aid. The International Air Transport Association downgraded its 2020 traffic forecast following a “dismal end to the summer travel season” in the northern hemisphere and now expects it to be
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By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The federal government says adherence to social distancing in the era of coronavirus is only applicable at airports terminals and not in the cabin. Following the resumption of flights locally and internationally, owing to the global COVID-19 pandemic which grounded airport operations for months, there have been complaints about breach
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By Lawani Mikairu Domestic airline owners, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, Thursday elected new executive members to run the affairs of the association. The election which took place in Lagos saw the emergence of new President of the association, Alhaji (Dr.) Abdulmunaf Yunusa, founder of Azman Airline and the President of
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