BAUCHI State Government has named Alhaji Abubakar Bibi as the Executive Secretary of Bauchi State Tourism Board (BSTB). The appointment, which has been approved by the State Governor Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has elicited excitement and anticipation among tourism stakeholders. The appointment of Bibi, an experienced Aviation and Travel Professional, is widely seen as the right step in the right …

LEAD Consultant ETIMFRI Group, Amos Akpan has advised Nigerian airlines to think outside the box to ensure the survival of their businesses as some of the challenges facing them will not be resolved by government but by airlines themselves through collaboration in certain areas including fuel distribution, maintenance hangars etc. Akpan gave his advice to airlines stressing that only by …

AIR PEACE has announced that it will begin flight operations into Makurdi, the Benue State capital, from Lagos and Abuja on December 7, 2020. This is as the airline is also billed to resume flights to Uyo from Lagos and Abuja on the said date. All these are part of the airline’s route expansion drive according to spokesperson, Stanley Olisa, …

SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC has acquired the first eco-friendly ground support equipment to boost its operations. The new fleet of Ground Handling Equipment which were manufactured by Charlatte Manutention, a worldwide number one equipment manufacturer based in France are fully electric, making them very eco-friendly as the world continue to battle global warming. According to Manager, Corporate Communications, …

DIRECTOR General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu has said that the recent story making rounds about crashes of Nigerian airlines credited to the National Assembly will only make it difficult for Nigerian carriers to assess international funds, have good lease rate for their aircraft, and it may also hike insurance premium. Nuhu who was responding to issues …

THE just concluded public hearing on the amendment Bills for the review of some aspects of the civil aviation Acts has brought to the fore the impending crisis in the aviation industry which require urgent attention. The industry is in dire need of urgent intervention to save it from imminent collapse. There is no gain saying that aviation is the …

AIRLINE Operators of Nigeria (AON) has reacted to statements credited to Senator Smart Adeyemi alleging that as result of lack of adequate government bailouts for the airline that the airlines had resorted to cutting corners describing it as false. Senator Smart Adeyemi yesterday at a Press conference had talked about airlines’ needs and how the COVID-19 effects have brought them …

RECENT partnership between NAHCO Plc and Skyward Aviation is set to significantly improve trade relations between Nigeria and China, as the airline commences direct cargo flights from Urumqi, China to Lagos. And to cement the partnership, the handling agreement has been signed between the two parties, signaling the beginning of a rewarding relationship. NAHCO Plc’s Executive Director, Commercial & Business …

HOUSE of Representatives Committee on Aviation has proposed a bailout of N50 billion for airlines to save them from collapse and to also avert consequences of their shutdown and the effects on the overall economy of the country This is just as the parliamentarians condemned the continued collection of import duties on imported commercial aircraft and spare parts despite the …

NIGERIAN carrier, Air Peace has attributed its reduced capacity and frequency  to the fact that several of its aircraft were out of the country undergoing checks before the COVID-10 pandemic hit leading to the lockdown that had far-reaching and devastating effects on airlines not just Air Peace. Chief Operating Officer of the airline, Mrs. Toyin Olajide, who made this known, …