Embraer will debut the E195-E2, its largest commercial aircraft, at Aviation Africa 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda, on September 12, 2022. The aircraft, belonging to Air Peace Limited, Nigeria’s largest airline, is one of five units currently in operation with the airline. The E2 is helping Air Peace achieve its ambition …
Read More »Dana Air Concludes Internal Safety Management Systems (SMS) Training
Dana Air has announced that it has concluded it’s internal Safety Management Systems (SMS) Training for top management staff and post holders. Speaking on the concluded safety training, the Accountable Manager of the airline Ememobong Ettete said, “We have just concluded our Safety Management Systems training for top management staff …
Read More »NCAA accuses airline operators of illegally converting five percent PSC, CSC of over N19b and $7.8m for personal use
…as NAMA, FAAN list indebtedness The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA says, the Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON have refused to remit over N19 billion and over $7.8 billion accruing from five percent ticket sales and cargo sales charges as at July belonging to the authority. The Director General, NCAA, …
Read More »AIR PEACE ADDS MORNING FLIGHTS TO BENIN ROUTE
Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has announced the addition of daily morning frequencies to its Benin route, effective from August 30, 2022. The airline disclosed this in a news release issued to journalists on Sunday, August 28, 2022. “In line with our commitment to providing Nigerians more connectivity and …
Read More »Etihad pilot makes history as UAE’s first female Emirati Captain in commercial aviation
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, this week celebrated Captain Aisha Al Mansoori who has become the UAE’s first female Emirati Captain in a commercial airline. This is a significant milestone for aviation within the UAE and part of Etihad’s efforts to …
Read More »Trapped Funds: CBN Releases $265m To Airlines
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the sum of $265 million to airlines operating in the country to settle outstanding ticket sales in an apparent move to check a brewing crisis in the country’s aviation sector. A breakdown of the figure released on Friday indicates that the sum …
Read More »African Club Championship: Onyema Rewards 11-Year-Old Gold Medalist with Free Flights, 1M Naira
… Calls on FG, Private Sector to Support Medalists In his characteristic way of supporting Nigerian sports and athletes, the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has rewarded Stephanie Ogechukwu Onusiriuka, an 11-year-old Nigerian gymnast who recently clinched a Gold Medal at the Junior Olympics Level of the African Club …
Read More »Emirates quits Nigeria Sept 1 over trapped funds, carriers mull action
Mega carrier, Emirates Airlines has taken the hard decision to stop flight operations to Nigeria in its futile efforts to repatriate its over $85 million trapped in the country. To this end, the carrier announced that it would cease flight services to Nigeria on Sept 1, 2022. The $85 million …
Read More »Arik Air becomes supporting sponsor of The Next Titan TV reality show
Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading airline has become the Supporting Sponsor and Exclusive Official Airline Partner of The Next Titan Nigeria Reality TV show Season Nine. An agreement to this effect was signed last Friday between the management of Arik Air and Bravopoints International, promoters of the The Next Titan Nigeria …
Read More »Emirates invests over US$ 2 billion to enhance on-board customer experience
Emirates is investing over US$ 2 billion to enhance its inflight customer experience, including a massive programme to retrofit over 120 aircraft with the latest interiors, plus an array of other service improvements across all cabins starting in 2022. Emirates is still flying on its brand promise of ‘Fly Better.’ …
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