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Professor of Strategy, Anthony Kila has called for a public enquiry into the whole Nigeria Air fiasco and has advised the new federal government to institute an independent public inquiry charged to examine and make public the conception, process negotiations, partnerships, expenses and parties involved the Nigeria Air project. This is just as an anti-corruption group, SecureWorld and Liberty Initiative …

In this write-up, NigerianFLIGHTDECK examines the controversies trailing proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, which culminated with last Friday’s unconventional launch of the airline seven years after it was announced at the Farnborough Air Show and some of the grouses stakeholders have against the airline. Last Friday’s landing of an Ethiopian Airline Boeing 737-860 Max aircraft with registration Number ET-APL painted …

Passengers trek far distances to terminals as gridlock cut of vehicles Airlines fear usual repercussions from passenger  Despite last minute efforts by Ministries and Government agencies to stop the intended 2-day warning strike on 17th and 18th April, 2023 the unyielding unions have successfully blocked access to the industry across the nation making good their threat to totally shut down …

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika is in the news again and has rehashed his intention to demolish Dominion Hangar and Evergreen Apple Nigeria hangar in a couple of weeks to expand the new terminal’s apron saying that nothing can stop the development. This is coming barely two weeks after his Stakeholders Forum where he reiterated plans to tear down the …

Unions in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Nigeria  Airspace Management Agency ( NAMA) are agitated over repeat calls by the minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika to demolish their offices to make way for an unsanctioned aerotropolis project. This plan is coming barely three months into a change of administration and almost a year after Sirika demolished the …

Says parties have not taken security into consideration Failure to address N150bn staff arrears Arbitrary 60:40 profit sharing ratio in favour of concessionaire  Aviation unions, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP- FAAN BRANCH) have filed a suit seeking …

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has issued an Order of Interim Injunction restraining the Minister of Aviation, Federal Ministry of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, Attorney General of the Federation and other defendants from executing the proposed National Carrier, Nigeria Air. This is coming after the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika said that no rational court can …

Says GCAA told airline not to bring its wide bodied aircraft AIR Peace has reacted to the November 10, 2021 letter written to Minister of Aviation,Hadi Sirika by the UAE Minister of Economy who also doubles as the Chairman of their GCAA and has described as misinformed, the position of UAE, especially as it concerns the airline. A letter signed …

THE Federal Ministry of Aviation has said that there will be no be no ownership change with regards planned concession of four Nigerian airports as the parts of the airports to be concessioned applies to the non-aeronautic assets of the airports located in the Passenger and Cargo terminals. The ministry in a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) released recently …

The argument in defense of the refusal to  inaugurate a Board  from some stakeholders have always been that it was done in the past and was not a new thing but truth be told; that is the most lame excuse for the current state of illegality anyone can come up with, and at some point, said illegality should be eschewed and not turned into the norm.