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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 7, 2017 No Responses

Abuja Airport closure: FG unveils measures to ease passengers’ plight

The Federal Government on Monday announced measures to ease the plight of passengers during the six weeks that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja will be closed for the reconstruction of the sole runway. The measures were announced at...

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...

February 10, 2017 No Responses

Arik Air to challenge FG takeover in court

The management of Arik Air on Thursday said it would challenge the taking over of the airline by the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) in court. Ado Sanusi, Senior Vice President, Arik Air made the disclosure at a joint...

February 8, 2017 No Responses

Meridiana introduces late evening flights for Nigeria, Ghana

Meridiana Fly, Italy’s fastest growing airline has reaffirmed its commitment to the Nigerian and Ghanaian markets by confirming both routes in summer schedule for 2017. Supported by Ghana’s firm -Dre Aviation and Dana Air, Meridiana Fly entered into the ...

February 7, 2017 No Responses

With four Pilots onboard, world’s longest flight lands in New Zealand

The world’s longest commercial flight landed in New Zealand Monday with the arrival of Qatar Airways’s 14,535 kilometres (9,032 miles) Doha-Auckland service, the airline announced. “We’ve officially landed in Auckland,” the airlin...

February 6, 2017 No Responses

NCAA sanctions FirstNation

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has handed a N32 million fine to FirstNation Airways for violating the provisions of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (NCARs). The NCAA also fined one of the airline’s Pilots-In-Command (PIC) N1.5 million f...

February 1, 2017 No Responses

Dana bags air crew of the year award

A Dana Air crew member, Joy Odimgba recently bagged the Air Crew of the Year award at the Nigeria Aviation Awards held at Welcome Centre, Airport road Lagos. Mrs Joy Odimba, while speaking to newsmen after the award said, “I...

January 29, 2017 No Responses

Dana Air unveils low fares for Valentine

Dana Air has launched a valentine campaign to afford guests of the airline the opportunity to fly for less when they book a return ticket on any of the airlines’ route network. According to Dana Air’s Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa,...

January 17, 2017 No Responses

NAHCO appoints Bello as Chairman

The Board of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance) has appointed Arc Usman Arabi Bello as Chairman. Bello effectively takes over from the Vice Chairman, Dennis Hasdenteufel who had been acting in that position since October last year.....

January 10, 2017 No Responses

Buhari removes four heads of Aviation parastatals

President Muhammadu Buhari has removed four heads of parastatal agencies and college in the nation’s aviation industry. A statement released by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Alhaji Sabiu Zakari explained that those relieved of ...