“Why we cannot compete with big international airlines is because we don’t have access to aircraft on the same terms as they have. People don’t know that the best airlines in the world run their fleet 100 per cent based on actual purchase of aircraft. Recent studies show that 70 per cent of the fleet across the world is on dry leases.”

On April 1, 2024, at exactly 9:20 PM, Mr Odugu Kenneth Kanayo, an X (formerly Twitter) user, through the platform, reached out to a domestic airline in Nigeria appealing for a N110,000 refund.

“We are doing seven daily flights into Gatwick. Nigeria has a balance of about fourteen to do. We are ready, if the government gives us Abuja-London, I will do it, because we are expecting more aircraft into the country purchased by Air Peace. If we get it, we will do it.”

Indications have emerged revealing that some domestic airlines may cease operations over the rising price of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1.

For the first time in seven years, a Nigerian airline has reactivated the famous Lagos to London route, bringing succour to Nigerians.

For the first time in seven years, a Nigerian airline has reactivated the famous Lagos to London route, bringing succour to Nigerians. With Air Peace’s maiden trip to Gatwick Airport, it has joined a couple of indigenous carriers that operated in the busy route for commercial activities.

Ahead of Easter celebration, passengers flying through Rivers, Kano, Enugu and Ogun states appear to be the worst hit by the increasing prices of domestic air tickets, Vanguard has gathered.

The establishment of African Aviation and Aerospace University, Abuja was captured in the nation’s Aviation Roadmap with a view to re-setting the narrative in the sector in Nigeria. In this interview, pioneer Registrar of the university, Mustapha Sheikh Abdullahi, provides an insight into idea behind the institution which he says is a game-changer in the aviation industry, having been equipped to curb capital associated with foreign training of aviation personnel, as well as repair and maintenance of planes. The Registrar also reveals that the university has entered into partnership with aviation industry players from across the world to assemble planes in the country.

The establishment of African Aviation and Aerospace University, Abuja was captured in the nation’s Aviation Roadmap with a view to re-setting the narrative in the sector in Nigeria.

International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, the United Nations, UN, agency that regulates the global aviation industry, auditors have said the full report of the 2024 ICAO Universal Security Audit Programme, USAP, for Lagos and Abuja airports would be made available within 60 days.