The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday warned pilots that the current harmattan dust haze prevalent in some parts of the country is hazardous to flight and pilots should get clearance from Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, officials before embarking on flight operations.

Overland Airways decision to return to Asaba mid-November 2016 to re-energize economic activities in Delta and surrounding States has been widely applauded by South South zone economy stakeholders.

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance) controls 80% of the local and 90% of the international cargo handling market in Nigeria .This was revealed by the Managing Director of the ground handling firm, Mr. Norbert Bielderman .

The safety record of Arik Air in the last ten years is one of the selling points of the airline and this is why it is currently the only Nigerian airline to have passed the stringent IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) four consecutive times. This was revealed by the Managing Director, Arik Air, Mr Chris Ndulue during the 10years anniversary media briefing of the airline.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has partnered with SPAR Nigeria to reward shoppers under its SPAR Reward Card loyalty programme. The campaign which runs on a monthly basis , will end with a grand finale in December 2016 when the SPAR Shopper of the Year will be announced.

Arik Air on Monday celebrated its 10th year anniversary with the addition of a new Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft to its fleet.

The following day, the 105 journalists took a tour of the training facilities of the airline. It was amazing the level of investment they have put into training air crews, hostesses, and pilots. At the moment, the airline has 10 simulators and it hopes to acquire additional 18

Arik Air yesterday said it was ready to support Emirates Airline and would be able to assist with accommodating Emirates passengers from various Nigerian destinations , including Abuja. This, the airline said was to re-affirm its partnership with Emirates Airline in view of their recent decision to suspend their Abuja service.

MALABO-based leading carrier, Cronos Airlines has partnered a subsidiary of Nigeria’s Peacock Group, Peacock Aviation and Allied Services to open a new travel gateway-Lagos-Doula-Malabo flights.

Air Peace has approved hundreds of free tickets for passengers who flew two of its Abuja-Lagos aircraft at the weekend.