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CHAIRMAN of Air Peace, Allen Onyema has said 13 brand new Embraer E195 would create no fewer than 8,000 direct jobs in the aviation industry calling on Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, Embraer to establish Maintenance, Repair and  Overhaul (MRO) facility in Nigeria to help create more jobs. Onyema made this known today as Air Peace took delivery of the first of …

Simulator is protected NCAT is waiting for an installation team-Rector REPORTS indicate that the modern Boeing 737NG Full Flight Simulator (FFS) procured for about US$ 21million by the Federal Government of Nigeria and delivered since June 2020 may just be lying fallow and uninstalled at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) in Zaria, Kaduna State. This however has been …

COME February when Air Peace expects the return of all its aircraft out for maintenance, the airline has announced connections to more cities as part of its expansion drive with intent to resume previously suspended ones. The new routes to be launched this February 2021 are: Enugu-Kano-Enugu, Enugu-Asaba-Enugu, PHC-Kano-PHC, PHC-Kaduna-PHC, Ilorin-Lagos-Ilorin, Ilorin-Abuja-Ilorin and Ibadan-Abuja-Ibadan. The suspended routes to be resumed …

NATIONAL Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) promised to bridge the existing gaps between pilots, engineers on one hand and airline operators in the industry with the aim of promoting harmonious relationship in the industry. NAAPE said this is part of the agenda as it sets to host at least 80 major aviation industry stakeholders and professionals in Nigeria, …

COMPTROLLER General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede has said that the service will soon in the year start operating the e-border  which will ensure real time, online monitoring and communication at the nation’s border. Babandede maid this known at the weekend in Ilase,  Ogun State during the official inauguration of another  Forward Operational Base (FOB) where he …

AS part of efforts to reduce border crimes including banditry, smuggling, human trafficking and others, the Nigerian immigration Service (NIS) has inaugurated another Forward Operational Base (FOB) in Ilase, Ogun state bringing the number in that state to two, the first was commissioned October 12, 2019 in the border town of Oja-Odan The Service has also warned its men to …

NIGERIA Immigration Service (NIS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos command has apprehended two female passengers for suspected human trafficking. Comptroller Immigration Airport Command, Abdullahi Musa Usman  who confirmed the  arrests said the two suspects were detained after they were being scrutinized with the service’s Forensic Data Machine (FDM) on their way to Egypt. Nigerianflightdeck learnt that immigration …

FORMER managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Richard Aiseubeogun is canvassing that organizations must provide regulators of civil aviation, on an annual basis, their organizational and individual training plans in case there is an accident or incident the investigators should have records on where to look. Also the Commissioner, Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency …

AIRLINE sources have confided in Nigerianflighteck.com that management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 have plans in the works to increase Passenger Service charge to N5000 from N2, 500, a one hundred per cent increment. This is coming barely a week after the federal government announced respite for airlines in form of …

PRESIDENT, Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ART), Dr. Gabriel Gbenga Olowo has insisted that for the sake of survival, and given their limited strength, airlines in the country should consider merging as the current trend of owner/manager will not held the industry. This is just as he also insists the airlines got the rough end of the stick with regards …