The House of Representatives has poked holes in the purported launch of Nigeria Air at the twilight of the administration of former President, Muhammadu Buhari, declaring it a fraud. Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, declared the launch of Nigeria Air a fraud after the major stakeholders in the deal between the…
The controversial national carrier, Nigeria Air, has failed to progress to phase two of the Air Operator Certificate certification process, according to a letter from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government took delivery of the first plane of the country’s national carrier, Nigeria Air, amid protest from local airline…
Latest information on flight live tracker ‘flightrader24.com’ currently shows the Nigeria Air aircraft is back to Ethiopia where it was brought in from. As of Saturday evening, the flight tracker showed the aircraft was enroute Addis Ababa, approaching from Central African republic. Later on Saturday evening, the flight tracker read, “The flight with callsign ETH8950…
In furtherance of its appreciation of customers, whilst promoting the adoption of mobile payment solutions in the country, FirstBank is rewarding holders and customers of its branded Visa Gold card in its ongoing Visa Gold card. The promo which will have over 300 Visa Gold cardholders rewarded during the promo is scheduled to end on…
Nigerians and other stakeholders have been yearning and agitating for a National Carrier project, since the collapse of Nigerian Airways about 15 years ago. In view of this, a merger between two local airlines, Arik and Aero Contractors was proposed, but the Federal Government has foreclosed the possibility. Mr Hadi Sirika, the Minister of State…
Ladidi Victoria Kolo is a female pilot who is excited about her chosen career. Interestingly, the dream was almost aborted initially because of the high costof training. In this interview with YETUNDE OLADEINDE , the native of Nupeland goes down memory lane to recount the challenges, getting total support from her parent, her father’s friend,…
Respite is yet to come the way of Nigerian carrier, Med-View Airline as the embattled airline continues to languish in the claws of debt. The airline has suspended international operations reduced regional routes on its flight schedule. The airline, which once had about six aircrafts in its fleet, has suspended flight operations to Gatwick, London,…
Iceland Logistics Ltd has been officially appointed as the country representative for Mach 1 flying academy in Brankpan Johannesburg,. Iceland an aviation service company based in Nigeria will represent the interest of the academy in Nigeria in the area of sourcing and enrollment of interested students that may want to become a trained pilot.As part…
Barring any urgent intervention, Nigeria’s foremost carrier, Aero Contractors may be on its way out of the skies after over 61 years of flight operations. With only two aged aircraft, Bombardier Dash 8-300 and Boeing 737-500 in their early 30s and totally bereft of operating cash, the airline is now on its knees…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Friday said it had uncovered a suspected drug trafficking cartel that included some of the agency’s staff at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. This is contained in a statement issued by the agency’s spokesperson in Lagos, Mitchel Ofoyeju, and made available to the News Agency of…
