NigerianFLIGHTDECK
NigerianFLIGHTDECK is a leading online news and magazine platform, established in 2010, delivering in-depth business coverage with a distinct focus on aviation and travel. While its name reflects Nigerian and aviation roots, NigerianFLIGHTDECK operates as a comprehensive business media outfit with a global editorial outlook.
Driven by a mission to inform, educate, and challenge perceptions, the platform is committed to balanced, fact-based journalism. It highlights key developments in Nigeria’s air transport sector and their intersections with global industry trends. By bridging the gap between stakeholders and the public, NigerianFLIGHTDECK brings clarity, context, and credibility to every report.
The big problem driving the Nigerian aviation industry’s pilot glut
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SULEIMAN (not real name) has always nursed his childhood dream of becoming an airline pilot. One day, the opportunity came in when...
Arik Air requires N10billion capital injection to resume full operations
…challenges are daunting, but we'll resolve them- Capt. Ilegbodu
 FEDERAL Government  through the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has revealed that it would require...
Qatar Airways suffered bird strike, not burst tyres on takeoff-NCAA
NIGERIAN Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that the reported incident concerning Qatar Airways was an air return, a decision taken by the Pilot...
NiMet boss reels out plans to improve agency, commends predecessor
PROFESSOR Sani Abubakar Mashi, the new Director General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has revealed his plans  to turn around the agency through...
Akinkuotu assures of prompt benefit payments to retired NAMA workers
MANAGING Director, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Capt Fola Akinkuotu has lamented  the scenario where workers after 35 years of meritorious service are denied...
Multiple charges, unfair taxes are killing domestic airlines- AON frets
...requests review of TSC, enroute charges, VAT others
DOMESTIC airlines under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have expressed worry over their existence...
Arik’s debt profile rises to over N300billion excluding oil markerters, lessors,...
...Airline fleet size shrinks to 10 from 28
MORE facts and figures have emerged today showing that Arik Air, recently taken over by the Asset...
How AMCON’s intervention saved Arik Air from total collapse
MYRIAD of challenges outweighing what the previous management could deal with under its owner-manager business model may have led to the grounding of Arik...
Captain Sanusi succeeds Akinkuotu, takes over as Aero MD
CAPTAIN Ado Sanusi with effect from Monday February 13, 2017 assume office as the new Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors succeeding Captain Fola...
NiMet, BATNF sign MoU on weather information provision
NIGERIA Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has described its partnership with British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) Â as revolutionary with the capability to provide adequate, effective...
