Aviation Archives — Page 44 of 46

April 19, 2017 No Responses

Buhari lauds re-opening Of Abuja Airport

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the efforts of the Ministries of Transport, Power, Works and Housing, the security agencies, Kaduna State Government, the contractor, Julius Berger, and others, on the successful completion of work on the runway and re-opening of...

April 18, 2017 No Responses

NCAA: Abuja airport ready for operations

The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport runway, Abuja, is ready for operation and can be opened on Wednesday, Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Usman Muktar, has said. Speaking with Journalists on Monday during an inspection of the ...

April 8, 2017 No Responses

Osinbajo: Abuja Airport runway will be ready April 19

The Abuja Airport runway will be ready as scheduled on April 19, 2017, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has said. The Vice President spoke with Journalists during an inspection tour of the Airport on Friday. He said:“I have looked round...

March 31, 2017 No Responses

Abuja Airport Runway Now 57.5% Completed, says Minister

The reconstruction of the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has reached 57.5% completion, mid-way into the six weeks earmarked for the project, the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, disclosed in Abuja on Thursday. ...

March 29, 2017 No Responses

Laptop cabin ban ‘ineffective’, says IATA

The US and UK ban on laptops in cabin baggage on certain flights will not be effective as a security measure, industry body IATA has said. In a strongly-worded speech, IATA chief executive Alexandre de Juniac said the ban also...

March 28, 2017 No Responses

‘Re-construction of Abuja Airport Runway not extended beyond six weeks’

Reconstruction of Abuja Airport Runway has not been extended from six weeks to 18 weeks, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has clarified. The Minister said at a session with the Aviation Round Table (ART) in Lagos...

March 27, 2017 No Responses

Kaduna Airport records 43,000 passengers in 11 days

More than 43,000 passengers passed through the Kaduna Airport in its first 11 days of operations as the alternative to the Abuja Airport, latest data submitted to the Presidency by the Federal Government Coordinating Committee overseeing the management of the....

March 22, 2017 No Responses

Measures to ease air travellers’ plight very effective, says minister

The Federal Government has said the measures put in place to ensure comfort and safety of travellers using the Kaduna International Airport are working satisfactorily. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this in Abuja on Tues...

March 18, 2017 No Responses

BA unveils new long-haul airline

By Chris Johnston (BBC News) – The owner of British Airways is launching a new long-haul budget airline based in Barcelona. IAG said the new airline, Level, would initially fly to Los Angeles, Oakland, Buenos Aires and Punta Cana in...

March 16, 2017 No Responses

Kaduna Airport: Dana Air MD lauds Minister, security arrangement

The Managing Director of Dana Air, Mr. Jacky Hathiramani, has commended efforts of the Minister of state for Aviation, Captain Hadi Sirika and other aviation agencies for what he described as a ‘skillful execution of the Kaduna Airport as alternate...

March 7, 2017 No Responses

British Airways to offer less legroom

(BBC) British Airways plans to squeeze in more passengers on some planes it flies to European cities. From next year, the airline said there will be a “small increase” in the number of seats on its Airbus A320 and A321...

March 6, 2017 No Responses

Dana Air commences flights to Kaduna March 8

Following the imminent closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for Rehabilitation, Dana Air, operator of Imo Air has announced that it will commence flights to Kaduna on March 8, 2017. The airline said it will operate four daily flights...

February 26, 2017 No Responses

FG recalls two sacked NCAA directors

The federal government has recalled two out of the nine directors who were sacked from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Friday. The duo are Adamu Abdullahi, Director of Consumer Protection, and Ayodele Sasegbon, Director of general aviation. Sam...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

Arik suspends flights to London, Johannesburg

The management of Arik Air has suspended its international flight operations to the London and Johannesburg routes. The spokesman of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, Jude Nwauzor, made the announcement in a statement issuedon Tuesday in Lagos. T...