Outrage grows as stakeholders raise airport security, safety concerns over picketing of Air Peace
By Dickson Omobola The decision of aviation unions to picket Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace, Tuesday, has elicited sharp criticism from stakeholders in the country’s air transport sector, with many saying the action constituted serious safety and security concerns. From the early hours of Tuesday until about noon, members of the National Union of Air […]
Faulty Aircraft: Lagos-bound Delta Air makes U-turn, refund passengers
Faulty Aircraft: Lagos-bound Delta Air makes U-turn, refund passengers
$85m blocked funds: Emirates slashes weekly flights to Nigeria
By Dirisu Yakubu Emirates Airlines has announced plans to reduce its weekly flights to Lagos, Nigeria from eleven to seven owing to its inability to repatriate the sum of $85m earned from ticket sales in the West African country. The airline in a letter addressed to Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, signed by its […]
International travels airfare rise 282% to N2.1m per trip
By Prince Okafor International travels traffic from Nigeria has been hit with a major blow, as foreign exchange, blocked foreign airlines funds, amongst others have pushed the price of airfare tickets to 282 per cent in one year. This development has impacted summer travels negatively following the dynamics in the nation’s economy as passengers pay […]
Flight disruption: Calabar Airport passenger movement drops 38% to 7,403
Flight disruption: Calabar Airport passenger movement drops 38% to 7,403
How Nigeria lost 131 airlines to poor management, accidents — Investigation
How Nigeria lost 131 airlines to poor management, accidents — Investigation
