Aviation Archives — Page 22 of 29

June 21, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Removes VAT From Domestic Air Transportation

Barely three weeks after indigenous airlines in Nigeria threatened to stop remittance of Value Added Tax (VAT) to the Federal Government, the government has bowed to the demand of the local carriers. The umbrella body of local airlines in Nigeria,...

June 18, 2018 No Responses

2018 Airport Business Summit To Address Aviation Development Challenges

The forthcoming Airport Business Summit and Expo for Africa (ABSE) scheduled for Abuja is to address challenges in the continent’s aviation sector, according to the organisers. The summit, which would be held between July 4 to 6, 2018, with the...

June 15, 2018 No Responses

Air Ticket Sales In Nigeria Generates N505.2billion

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has disclosed that air tickets in the country was N505.2billion in 2017. According to the regulatory agency, the sales included that of domestic and international airlines. The breakdown of the sales indicat...

June 9, 2018 No Responses

IATA Lists Dana Air On Ground Operations Manual Registry

Dana Air has been announced as the latest African airline to be listed on the International Air Transport Association (IATA ) Ground Operations Manual (IGOM) registry. The International Grounds Operations Manual (IGOM) registry is for companies and airlines wh...

June 4, 2018 No Responses

Again, Ethiopian Airline Wins Reliability Award

Ethiopian Airlines has emerged the winner of the 2017 Airline Reliability Performance Award, for the seventh year in a row, from Bombardier Aerospace. Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Ethiopian Airlines said the airline was plea...

June 4, 2018 No Responses

IATA, AFRAA Seal MoU To Advance Aviation In Africa

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and The African Airline Association (AFRAA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen their cooperation. The MoU was signed by Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and AFRAA’s Sec...

June 1, 2018 No Responses

Airlines Threaten To Stop VAT Remittance In Nigeria

Indigenous airlines operating in the Nigerian aviation industry have threatened to from June 14, 2018 stop remittance of Value Added Tax (VAT) to the coffers of the Federal Government, saying that the continuous collection of such tax negated the principle...

May 30, 2018 No Responses

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 ...

May 29, 2018 No Responses

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...

May 28, 2018 No Responses

Bi-Courtney Faults Proposed Picketing

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), has described as acts of lawlessness the threats by the leaderships of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the Na...

May 25, 2018 No Responses

SAHCOL Attains 48 % Market Shares, To List Shares On NSE

The market share of the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) has grown to 48 per cent since the ground handling company was privatised in 2009 by the Federal Government. This is as the company also said that plans have...

May 25, 2018 No Responses

Union To Bi-Courtney: Recall Sacked Workers Within 7 Days

The management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services (BASL), operators of Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos has been issued seven days ultimatum to recalled sacked workers. The unions alleged that the workers numbering over 20 were sacked by the management...

May 22, 2018 No Responses

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...

May 21, 2018 No Responses

NCAA Partners Lagos On High-Rise Structure

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Lagos State Government have elected to work together to curb the danger posed by unauthorised high-rise structures scattered around Lagos metropolis. This collaboration, NCAA in a statement by Mr. Sam Adur...