Tag Archives: Aviation

Air Peace Partners Boeing, Cranfield University To Drive Safety Excellence In Aviation

Air Peace, Nigeria’s premier airline and West Africa’s largest carrier, collaborated with The Boeing Company, a leading global aerospace company in the US, and Cranfield University, a specialist postgraduate university in the UK with world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships that create leaders in technology and management globally, to fortify safety culture and operational excellence at Air Peace ...

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Aviation’s Substantial Contribution To Dubai’s Economy Revealed In Latest Report

Emirates Group and Dubai Airports have today released an economic impact study that reaffirms the central role aviation plays in Dubai’s economy, by quantifying its contributions and forecasting the sector’s upwards trajectory, based on financial and passenger growth projections for the sector. The study, compiled by global research firm Oxford Economics, includes an assessment of direct economic activity generated by ...

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FG Suspends 10 Private Jet Operators

Following their failure to commence their recertification process, 10 Non-Commercial Flights (PNCF) Operators have been suspended by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The suspended private jet operators include Azikel Dredging Nigeria Ltd, Bli-Aviation Safety Services, Ferry Aviation Developments Ltd, Matrix Energy Ltd, Marrietta Management Services Ltd, Worldwide Skypaths Services, Mattini Airline Services Ltd, Aero Lead Ltd, Sky Bird Air ...

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Group Blasts Nnolim Nnaji For Saying Nigeria Air Is Fraud 

By Raymond Ozoji, Awka The All Progressives Congress (APC) Vanguard for Good Governance, has faulted the comments attributed to the House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Aviation, Hon. Pharmacist Nnolim Nnaji, in which Hon. Nnaji described the setting up of Nigeria Air as fraud. In a statement made available to the media on Wednesday, 7th June, 2023, the National Leader ...

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Nigeria Air: Ethiopia Airlines Have No Respect For Nigeria, AON Fumes

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has berated the Ethiopian Airlines for its recent disrespectful actions against Nigeria. The AON made its views known in a statement signed by its spokesman, Obiora Okonkwo. The full statement below: NIGERIA AIR: RECENT SO-CALLED FLIGHT INAUGURATION AND AON CONCERN The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has been inundated with calls and inquiry from ...

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United Nigeria Airlines Boss Tasks FG On Special Funding For Local Operators

Chairman United Nigeria Airlines (UNA), Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has urged the federal government to leave a legacy by providing a window of “Special Funding “for the aviation sector operators. Okonkwo made the call in Abuja on Thursday while speaking at a retreat organised by the management of United Nigeria Airlines to mark its two-year operation in the aviation industry. The ...

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Emirates Offers Aviation GX High Speed Broadband In A350 Aircraft

Emirates has finalised plans to offer its passengers around the world additional opportunity to fly better and enjoy a new high-speed, inflight broadband powered by Inmarsat’s GX Aviation, onboard 50 new Airbus A350 aircraft scheduled to enter service in 2024. The new agreement will incredibly improve the passenger’s experience with enhanced connectivity and greater global coverage, even on flights over ...

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International Flights To Resume In Weeks

The Federal Government on Thursday said the airports would be reopened to international flights in weeks and not in months. When international flights eventually resume, passengers are expected to arrive the airport three hours before their flights. The government said the prolonged ban on international travels was not punitive but mainly to keep Nigerians across the country safe from the ...

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