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The Nigerian government plans to hand over management control of Arik Air to Ethiopian Airlines under an agreement aimed at resurrecting Arik as Nigeria’s national carrier. Nigerian and Ethiopian officials are shuttling between Abuja and Addis Ababa to hammer out a deal on the aviation cooperation agreement. Nigeria’s minister plenipotentiary …

A FURIOUS British Airways passenger who paid more than £1,200 to fly to South Africa was given a “damp seat” full of urine to sit on. Andrew Wilkinson, 39, claimed a BA stewardess gave him wet wipes to mop up the mess when he alerted them to the issue. He …

      Women account for 51 per cent of Etihad Airways’ 13,000 employees 51 per cent of all UAE nationals in Etihad Aviation Group are female Abu Dhabi, UAE – Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) is celebrating the third annual Emirati Women’s Day with a series of events to highlight …

As  Solomon Ohiomah Becomes DGM Industrial Relations And Discipline In a bid to ensure increased efficiency and effectiveness in the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Hon. Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has approved the appointment, promotion and redeployment of top management staff of the agency with …

FirstNation Airways owed by Kayode Odukoya has changed its operations from scheduled to non- scheduled services otherwise known as charter services. The airline has since changed its airworthiness certificate from scheduled to non scheduled operations as disclosed by the Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Muktar Usman while …

  NEW YORK – Delta Air Lines is offering customers a new way to reach Lagos, Nigeria, beginning March 24, 2018, via new service from the airline’s New York-JFK hub. Flights will operate three times weekly, complementing the existing four-times-weekly service from Atlanta. “JFK is one of Delta’s gateways to the world, …

A four-member team from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have arrived Nigeria to conduct the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) which will begin from  Monday, 21– 25 August, 2017. IASA programme was established by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in 1992. The programme is an attempt to appreciate …

…Salamatu Transferred To AIB …Yakubu Becomes GM Public Affairs …Ndudinachi Rejoice GM Standards And Compliance There was massive shake-up in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the weekend following the approval granted by the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika for the immediate redeployment, engagement and …

A number of flights between South Africa and Zimbabwe have been grounded due to “compliance issues”. News24 reported that an SAA flight out of Harare was grounded on Saturday morning. According to a Bulawayo24 report, the SAA grounding could be “retaliation” after the South African Civil Aviation authority prevented a Harare bound Air …

Germany’s second largest airline, Air Berlin, is filing for bankruptcy protection after its main shareholder, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad, said it would make no more financing available following years of unsuccessful turnaround attempts. The loss-making airline, which carries some 80,000 people a day mostly on short-haul destinations, will get a 150 million euro ($177 …