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THE events of Saturday June 13th, 2020 where a private operator, Executive Jets Services Limited flew celebrity musician Azeez Adeshina Fashola aka Naira Marley to Abuja for a concert performance amid an interstate travel ban due to the Covid-19 Pandemic has opened a new vista on the state of security at the nation’s airports. It also calls to question the …

HOUSE of Representatives Committee on Aviation has demanded that on no account should a UK-based Titan Airways be granted approval to fly into the country for evacuation flight if Nigerian Airlines are refused landing rights for similar flight by the United Kingdom Authorities. The committee chaired by Honourable Nnolim Nnaji arrived at this decision at the end of the investigative …

Upon return to Nigeria flight crew will not be quarantined but will undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19 every 14 days at cost to the Air Operator. t. Flight crew members who test positive for COVID-19 will be taken to a treatment center for further management. “

MINISTER of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has announced that regulations violators, UK-based Flairjet has been fined N500, 000.00k each for flouting the nation’s regulations by conducting commercial flights after given approval for humanitarian operations. The Minister in a tweet announced,”Flairjet were found to violate our Civil Aviation Regulations IS 1.3.3(a) Table 2(IV)7(a) and IS 1.3.3 (a) Table 2(VIII)(4). The maximum …

AIR Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), has insisted that the industry unions will ensure total mobilization and payment of full allowances to staff in any of the agencies that is relocated out of their station to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. This is in reaction to the 45-day relocation ultimatum issued to aviation agencies by the …

FEDERAL Government has revealed that the pilots (One identified as Captain Andy Bell) of the impounded Flairjet, have been quarantined for 14 days, affirming that the aircraft is indeed British owned. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika made this announcement on Monday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja while correcting that the company …

DETAILS are still sketchy but Flair Aviation whose aircraft was on Sunday impounded by the Nigerian government is still under investigation for operating commercial flight into Nigeria, despite the airspace closure in the country due to Covid-19 pandemic. Until thorough investigation is carried out the State of Ownership of the aircraft and the state of registration is yet to be …

A Flair Aviation aircraft has been impounded and its crew being subject to interrogation by security agencies in Nigeria following flouting of the approval given to them by Nigerian authorities. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika who revealed this via his twitter handle @hadisirika said the airline was granted approval for humanitarian operations only to be caught conducting commercial flights within …

Promises better days ahead for workers GOVERNMENT has acknowledged the dire situation in the aviation sub-sector and has promised to take practical steps to help mitigate the consequences of the total lock-down in the industry and create an enabling environment for the sector to bounce back. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika made this known in his May Day message …

MINISTER of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has emphasized that there are no flights around the country save for flights related one way or another to the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic stating that he has turned down flights each from governors from the North-East, South-South and South-East. The minister who spoke at the Presidential Task Force Briefing on COVID-19 explained that most …