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 […]
Foreign Trade: Nigeria’s outbound cargo volume remains weak
Nigeria’s hope of witnessing export-driven economic growth through air cargo remains a far cry, as the sector’s share of total trade volume appears abysmal.
Nigeria, ASG sign MOU to boost capacity of NCAT
By Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja AS part of efforts to raise the status of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, the Ministry of Aviation, on Thursday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Aviation Solutions Group, ASG, a multi service provider group for global aviation. In a statement signed by the special assistant, Ministry of […]
Flight cancellations imminent, as FAAN denies oil marketers access to airports
By Prince Okafor Air travellers across the country will have to seek alternative means of transportation, following the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, denying petroleum marketers access to various airports over incremental tariffs. Vanguard gathered that the access restriction started today (Thursday) at the Abuja airport and plans are underway to extend it to […]
Grounded Airlines: How Kabo Air shut down over unpaid tax liabilities
Exactly six years ago, Kabo Air established in February 1980 was shut down by the Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service due to unpaid tax liabilities.
Nigeria air: No extraneous situation warrants transfer of suit —AON
The Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, have berated the transfer of the suit challenging the process of the appointment of Ethiopian Airlines as core investors and operators of proposed Nigeria Air to Abuja.
