Tag: Federal Government

The ongoing Abuja Safe Tower upgrade at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport is nearing completion and is expected to go operational by July-end. Director General, Nigerian...

The International Aviation College (IAC), Kwara needs no less than N300 Million to effect maintenance on two of its unserviceable Diamond aircraft to increase...

A late amendment to an already issued Notice to Airmen ( NOTAM) on the closure and rehabilitation of Runway 18R/36L may have just destabilized...

AIRLINE Operators of Nigeria (AON) today urged the Federal Government to consider urgent stimulus grants or palliatives for domestic airlines to cushion its N360billion...

“To me, as I said on the Flightdeck Forum, the option remains Arik, Arik, Arik or look for a domestic carrier or any other carrier within to partner to start it. When you partner with another airline to start it then you are having three government carriers in place. I feel it’s a good thing, I am happy AMCON has changed their tone we are yet to hear from the Federal Government although we only saw that money was budgeted but we are not sure what route they would take. And if you look at the amount budgeted, that amount cannot do anything to start a national carrier from the scratch. As at today we have not seen a clear cut investor that is ready to partner with FG, I think the best way to go is to look at the Arik, Aero option and move with it.”

FEDERAL Government has appointed financial analyst, Bismark Rewane, Chairman of the newly inaugurated Presidential Advisory Committee on New National Minimum Wage to guide it...