BI-COURTNEY Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), says despite the challenges facing two of the airlines, Aero Contractors and First Nation, which  operate from its terminal, the terminal is still fully operational. The management of the two affected airlines had announced last week the suspension of flight operations blaming their decisions on some …

FEDERAL Government today appointed Alhaji Farouk Ahmed Umar as Acting Director, Safety Electronics and Engineering Services (DSEES) of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) Umar, a 1988 graduate and was until his appointment the General Manager, Special Project Unit, Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA).

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified air travelers and the general public that the Nigerian Air Force will be conducting a mock exercise on counter terrorism simulation at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja.

FIRSTNATION Airways has said that has said that it will return to operations on or before September 15, 2016 stating that it was never on the verge on folding up. The airline, in a press statement signed by its Corporate Affairs head, Rasheed Yusuff also explained that the airline was undergoing a planned maintenance and had notified the authorities in …

IT was very interesting last Friday to see the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), stand with the Minister of State, Senator Hadi Sirika to beg workers of embattled Aero Contractors to postpone their protest till Monday to see what can be done to ameliorate the situation. However,   as watchers we cannot help but ask the questions …

THE era of overseas base maintenance on B727, B737 classic is now a thing of the past as major checks on these aircraft can be done here in Nigeria, according to the words of Onedot Aviation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Captain Henry Oludotun Ogunyemi. According to Captain Ogunyemi, flying aircraft overseas for heavy maintenance like C-Checks on Boeing aircraft now …

LIKE Pokemon Go, loyalty programmes keep appearing in the most unlikely places; from your local coffee shop to the carwash. Sometimes the rewards don’t justify the effort of signing up but when there’s an overseas trip or two on the line perhaps it’s worth paying attention. The idea of rewarding customers for their loyalty is thought to date back to …

BARELY a week after  three Nigerians meant for hajj were nabbed in Saudi Arabia over drug smuggling where in that country the penalty for such crime is the death sentence by beheading, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) may just have saved the life of another Nigerian intending drug smuggler. This is just as the agency also saved another from  …

The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika said that the primary purpose of government is to encourage existing business and to provide jobs for the populace as he appealed to the workers of embattled Aero Contractors to disperse till Monday when he promised to return with a feedback after his meeting with the Asset Management Company Of Nigeria …

THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Alexandre de Juniac has officially taken on the role of Director General and CEO of the organization. He succeeds Tony Tyler, who served as IATA DG and CEO since 2011 and had announced his retirement.