Aero Contractors’ Maintenance Facility To Save $90m Capital Flight

Aero Contractors’ Maintenance Facility To Save $90m Capital Flight

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the new Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility of Aero Contractors with capacity for aircraft C-checks and other comprehensive levels of maintenance established in Lagos would save the country an estimated $90m annually. In...
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Air Peace Gets Company Of The Year Award

Air Peace Gets Company Of The Year Award

Air Peace has been named Leadership Group ‘Company of the Year Award 2017.”    The airline received the award weeks after it was recognised as a National Carrier of Repute at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Public...
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Lufthansa Makes Emergency Landing With 204 Nigerian passengers

Lufthansa Makes Emergency Landing With 204 Nigerian passengers

A Lufthansa Airlines aircraft, flight LH569 from Nigeria to Frankfurt, Germany early Monday morning made an emergency landing at the TMR Airport in Algiers, Algeria over “electrical smell” in the cabin. The aircraft, Airbus A330, which departed the Murtala...
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First Nation To NCAA: Our suspension is commercial related, not safety

First Nation To NCAA: Our suspension is commercial related, not safety

The management of First Nation Airways has accused Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) of giving priority to commercial, rather than safety it was set up to ensure in the system. The airline in a statement on Monday declared that its...
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First Nation Airline Suspended Over Alleged Illegal Operations

First Nation Airline Suspended Over Alleged Illegal Operations

Citing alleged illegal operations, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended indefinitely the Air Operators’ Certificate (AOC) of First Nation Airways.    This suspension order was conveyed to the airline via a letter with reference no...
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Ethiopian Airlines, Air Côte d’Ivoire Seal Agreement On West Africa, US routes

Ethiopian Airlines, Air Côte d’Ivoire Seal Agreement On West Africa, US routes

The managements of Ethiopian Airlines and Air Côte d’Ivoire have entered into a codeshare agreement effective May, 2018.  Under the new codeshare partnership, passengers originating from West African countries, especially from Lagos, Bamako, Cotonou, Accra...
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More Strikes Threaten Future Of Air France, Says Minister

More Strikes Threaten Future Of Air France, Says Minister

The survival of strike-hit Air France is in the balance, according to the country’s economy minister. Bruno Le Maire’s warning that Air France could “disappear” comes as staff begin another round of industrial action over a pay dispute....
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Arik Air Debuts At Bauchi Airport May 9

Arik Air Debuts At Bauchi Airport May 9

Plans have reached an advanced stage by Arik Air to commence flight operations from its base at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos to Bauchi Airport.  The airline in a statement by Mr. Banji Ola, its spokesman said that the...
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Rwand Air Extends To Abuja With Four Weekly Flights

Rwand Air Extends To Abuja With Four Weekly Flights

Rwand Air has flagged-off its Abuja-Kigali flights, offering passengers from Nigeria’s political capital opportunity to connect to its global route network.   This is in addition to the daily Lagos-Kigali flight separately operated by the carrier. The a...
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Dana Air Begins Owerri-Abuja flights May 1

Dana Air Begins Owerri-Abuja flights May 1

As part of its strategic route expansion drive across Nigeria, Dana Air has announced plans to introduce Owerri- Abuja –Owerri flights on May 1. ”We are greatly delighted to introduce an additional flight on our Owerri route, connecting Owerri to...
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Dana Air Named Official Airline of Wives of Africa Presidents Summit

Dana Air Named Official Airline of Wives of Africa Presidents Summit

Dana Air has been named the official airline of the maiden edition of the Coalition of Wives of Presidents and Vice Presidents in Africa for Peace (COWAP) Summit for Peace and Development, scheduled to hold from 21st to 22nd of...
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Lufthansa Cancels 800 Flights Amid Strike

Lufthansa Cancels 800 Flights Amid Strike

Lufthansa has been forced to cancel 800 flights on Tuesday as the spring of discontent among Europe’s workers spreads to Germany. The airline has axed half of its 1,600 scheduled flights, affecting 90,000 passengers. Workers are staging the walkout ahead...
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Hathiramani, Dana Air Boss Bags Excellent Leadership, Best CEO of the year Awards

Hathiramani, Dana Air Boss Bags Excellent Leadership, Best CEO of the year Awards

For his humanitarian service and contribution to the development of the aviation industry, the Managing Director / Chief Executive officer of Dana Air, Jacky Hathiramani, has been conferred with the Platinum Excellence Leadership Award by the Association of No...
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Airline Ends Skirts-Only Rule For Female Staff

Airline Ends Skirts-Only Rule For Female Staff

Female cabin crew at Cathay Pacific have won a battle to scrap a rule forcing them to wear skirts. The Hong Kong airline has agreed flight attendants can choose to wear trousers, after intense union pressure. Some crew had complained...
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