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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that the standoff between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria over the issuance of visas and outstanding face-off with Emirates Airlines be resolved. The President offered to personally intervene on the two issues so that people-to-person socio-economic relations between the two countries could …

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho has reversed the decision to transfer the suit file by some airlines against Nigeria Air to Abuja. The matter is now to continue at the Federal High Court, Lagos and no longer at Abuja High Court. Reversing the decision, …

Ibom Air has clinched two prestigious awards as the Best On-Time Performance Airline in Nigeria and the Best Airline in Nigeria for 2022 at the annual Travelers Award hosted by the African Travel Quarterly Magazine. The award was presented at the CHINET Aviation and Cargo conference held at the Marriott …

One of Nigeria’s leading airlines Dana Air has bagged the Nigerian AviaCargo Airline of the Year Award at the CHINET Aviation and Cargo conference held at Lagos Marriott Hotel Lagos. CHINET is the biggest gathering of Professionals in the Aviation and Cargo environment bringing together all players in the value …

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility and Commitment to help achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Dana Air has been unveiled as the headline partner of the Pageant Conference scheduled to hold on the 12th of August, at the Lagos Continental Hotel. The Pageant Conference 2023 is designed beyond just …

NSIB FROWNS AT SPECULAT The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has asked stakeholders and professionals in the country’s aviation industry to desist from speculations and making comments on the ill-fated Jabiru J430 aircraft, which occurred at Oba Akran area of Lagos on Tuesday. Mr. Tunji Oketunbi, the NSIB, in an …

  The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has been notified and commenced investigation into an accident involving a Jabiru J430, a light single airplane with Nationality and Registration Marks 5N-CCQ operated by Air First Hospitality & Tours, which occurred around a little after 1500hrs local time on August 1, 2023. …

A combined patrol team of officers from Aviation Security’s Crime Investigation and Intelligence (CII) Unit, and the Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMTF) have arrested three persons suspected to be cable thieves around the FAAN Training School. Two of the suspects were caught at about 0352hours today while digging and cutting …

  On the morning of the 26th of July 2023, during the boarding of Ibom Air flight Q1300 from Lagos to Abuja, a passenger, OGENEOCHUKO DAVID, M., was apprehended for allegedly taking another passenger’s laptop from his bag in the overhead cabin. The owner of the laptop, who suspected the …

  ASKY has announced that it would commence flights to Luanda, the Angolan capital three times weekly come August 1, 2023 as the carrier expands its network in the South Africa markets. The airline will fly Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Lome to Luanda ( LFW-LAD) and Tuesdays, Thursdays and …