Aviation Archives — Page 11 of 29

August 24, 2020 No Responses

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L-R: Minister of Aviation Sen. Hadi Sirika with Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission Mr Lamido Yuguda during a Senate Public Hearing Interactive Session on the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper at the National Assembly

August 24, 2020 No Responses

Dana Air Increases Frequency To Abuja, Re-Introduces Owerri, Port Harcourt to Abuja August 28

Dana Air has announced that it will introduce additional flights between Abuja and Lagos and commence Lagos to Owerri, Port Harcourt to Abuja from 28th August.Commenting on the airline’s increase in frequency, the Accountable Manager of Dana Air Obi Mban...

August 17, 2020 No Responses

International Flights To Resume In Nigeria August 29

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday said international flights, suspended by the nation’s aviation authorities as a result of the global outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will resume on August 29, 2020. He announ...

August 10, 2020 No Responses

Stakeholders Advocate Right Pricing For Aviation Ground Handling Services

Nigeria’s leading Aviation Ground Handling companies; Aviation Handling Services (AHS),Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (Nahco Aviance) and the Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) Plc have been urged to consider price adjustment, instead of pr...

August 2, 2020 No Responses

British Airways Pilots Vote To Accept Jobs Deal

British Airways pilots have voted to accept a deal that will temporarily cut pay by 20% and eliminate 270 jobs, says the pilots’ union Balpa. The deal prevents a controversial “fire-and-rehire” scheme where staff would have been handed ...

July 17, 2020 No Responses

British Airways Retires Entire 747 Fleet

British Airways has said it will retire all of its Boeing 747s as it suffers from the sharp travel downturn. The UK airline is the world’s largest operator of the jumbo jets, which it first flew in 1989. “It is...

July 8, 2020 No Responses

Dana Air Resumes Operations

Following the recent re-opening of the airports by the Federal Government, Dana Air has announced the resumption of its flight services on July 9, 2020 The airline will operate three daily flights from Lagos to Abuja and back while the date...

July 4, 2020 No Responses

Air France To Sack 7,500 Workers

Air France-KLM plans to cut more than 7,500 jobs at its French arm as the airline industry reels from the coronavirus crisis. Europe’s second-biggest airline will cut 6,560 staff at Air France, with its regional French carrier Hop! losing 1,020...

July 1, 2020 No Responses

Airbus To Sack 15,000 Workers

Aerospace giant Airbus says it plans to cut 15,000 jobs as it deals with the effects of the coronavirus crisis. It will cut 1,700 jobs in the UK, along with thousands more in Germany, Spain and elsewhere. The move is...

June 30, 2020 No Responses

SAHCO Shareholders Approve N223.34m Dividend For 2019

Shareholders of Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCOL) on Tuesday approved a total dividend of N223.34 million for the financial year ended December 31, 2019, translating to 16.50k per share. The shareholders unanimously gave the approval at the co...

June 28, 2020 No Responses

Abuja Airport 90% Complete, Ready To Resume Operations

The Minister of Aviation, Sen Hadi Siriki, on Saturday, said the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, is 90 per cent completed and ready to reopen for business with strict compliance to COVID-19 protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) observed that...

June 25, 2020 No Responses

Dana Air Demonstrates Readiness To Resume Flight Operations

Ahead of flight resumption, Nigerian carrier Dana Air on Wednesday carried out a dry run at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2) and shakedown flights from Lagos to Port Harcourt and back. According to a statement by the airline’s Media and...

June 18, 2020 No Responses

Senate: Reopening Of Airports On June 21 Unrealistic

The Senate on Thursday, via its Committee on Aviation, said re-opening of the nation’s airports for operation on June 21 was unrealistic, following concerns raised by workers in the aviation industry. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Smart Adeyemi (APC Kog...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

Naira Marley: FG Suspends Executive Jet Service

Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has ordered the suspension of a private airline, Executive Jet Services, from operating in the country with immediate effect. The airline had conveyed musician Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, to Abuja for...