Due to the passengers’ rage and violence emanating from airports across the country, over flight cancellations and delays arising from the scarcity of Aviation fuel, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has called on all passengers who are experiencing this problem to exercise restraint.
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Nigerianflightdeck.com went digging into the archives and guess what we dug up? Okada Air was an airline based in Benin City, Nigeria. The carrier was established in 1983 with a fleet of BAC-One Eleven 300s and started charter operations in September the same year.
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An unbelievable drama played out at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday when passengers lined up inside the terminal to fly a phantom airline that had not completed its approval neither was it listed at the arrival or departure screen. The drama happened at around 1.30pm and Nigerianflightdeck.com learnt that tickets were already …
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Nigeria Aviation Professionals Association (NAPA), has harangued the performance of Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director General, Captain Usman Mukhar insinuating that they are both below par. National secretary of NAPA, Comrade Abdulrasaq Saidu who made this known in an interview granted recently said that there is a lot of conspiracy …
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Nigerian airlines have expressed gloom as they are currently grappling with the non-availability of Jet A1 also known as aviation fuel which is crippling their operations causing flight delays and cancellations for some airlines. Currently, the product is selling for as high as N180 per litre in Lagos while places like Abuja and Kano the product sells for N195 and …
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Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has lauded the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) for effectively enhancing the safety of air travel within the nation’s airspace. This is just as the agency has embarked on the training of various categories of personnel (numbering 18) in order to build adequate capacity needed for the deployment of Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) Automation. …
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European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus has won $35 billion worth of business for a total of 279 aircraft, covering by single-aisle and wide-body aircraft families at the 2016 Farnborough Air Show. The deals comprise firm orders for 197 aircraft worth $26.3 billion and commitments for 82 aircraft worth $8.7 billion.
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Poultry products producers, Tuns Farms Nigeria Limited has set a new benchmark for quality management system for chicken plants in Africa. The company emerged as one of the top performers in a recent third-party audit in Food Safety and Quality System conducted by the South African firm, Aspirata on behalf of Yum Restaurant International (YRI), brand owner of KFC, Pizza …
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Arik Air last Friday forewarned air travelers of severe aviation fuel (Jet A1) scarcity as it said that oil marketers started rationing the product’s supply to airlines giving limited stock at the depots as the reason. This is just as Managing director of Centurion Securities, Group Captain John Ojikutu has blamed oil marketers of insincerity, stating that there is no …
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Managing Director of Centurion Securities, Group Captain John Ojikutu (rtd) has said there is nothing wrong with providing succour for Nigeria’s ailing domestic airlines but that government must insist on clear-cut criteria so whatever palliatives put in place do not fall into the wrong hands like the previous ones. Ojikutu, a member of industry think tank group Aviation Round Table …
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