Aviation

NIGERIA AIRWAYS: ASRTI urges Keyamo, Finance Ministry to release ex-workers’ entitlement

NIGERIA AIRWAYS: ASRTI urges Keyamo, Finance Ministry to release ex-workers’ entitlement

Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative, ASRTI, has lamented the continued delay in paying the entitlements of over 4,000 former staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways, describing it as a grave injustice. Nigeria Airways, the country’s national airline, was liquidated in September 2004 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. ASRTI said that since the Minister of Aviation […]
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Aviation CEOs, others meet in Lagos confab

Aviation CEOs, others meet in Lagos confab

By Prince Okafor No fewer than 250 aviation industry professionals are expected to converge in Lagos on June 11 to deliberate on issues limiting the sector’s productivity. The professionals cut across the aviation parastatals, security agencies, international and domestic airlines operating in Nigeria, aviation support services, travel trade sellers and buyers in Nigeria’s aviation industry. […]

Nigerian airlines missing in top 20 global ranking

Nigerian airlines missing in top 20 global ranking

Despite the dynamic environment of the airline industry, along with several interventions to enhance their daily operations, no Nigerian airline was listed in the top 20 best airlines globally

Nigeria Air: How Sirika deceived Buhari

Nigeria Air: How Sirika deceived Buhari

Fresh facts have emerged, revealing how the former minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, deceived President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians to unveil the new national carrier, Nigeria Air, 48 hours before his exit from office.

Sirika: The revolution in the aviation sector, the controversies, the in-fightings

Sirika: The revolution in the aviation sector, the controversies, the in-fightings

By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja The place of the aviation industry or air transportation in the economic and social growth of any nation cannot be overemphasized, owing to its propensity to generate massive revenue for the government and stakeholders, job creation for the high and low in the society, among others. A recent aviation sector study […]

Strike grounds flights at Geneva airport

Strike grounds flights at Geneva airport

A strike paralysed Geneva airport on Friday, grounding flights for two days at Switzerland’s second-busiest airport at the start of the busy summer travel season.

Campaign against nat’l carrier calculated, self-serving — Experts

Campaign against nat’l carrier calculated, self-serving — Experts

By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja Industry experts have described the flurry of backlash that greeted the unveiling of the national carrier, Nigeria Air, by the previous administration, led by the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, as deliberate and self-serving. Recall that the Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, frowned against the move to establish a national […]

Air Nigeria unveiling, a gimmick — Senate

Air Nigeria unveiling, a gimmick — Senate

•Deplores opaque arrangements on proposed national carrier By Henry Umoru THE Senate has taken a swipe at what it described as unnecessary controversy generated by the last minute unveiling of Ethiopia Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 series aircraft which the Federal Government flew into Abuja for unveiling of Nigeria Air, saying it was a gimmick. The Committee on […]

Senate condemns unveiling of Air Nigeria with chartered plane

Senate condemns unveiling of Air Nigeria with chartered plane

THE  Senate has taken a swipe at what it described as unnecessary controversy generated by the last-minute unveiling of the Boeing 737-800 series aircraft which the Federal Government flew into Abuja for the unveiling of Nigeria Air belongs to Ethiopia Airlines as a gimmick.