Tag: Airlines
Dearth of corporate governance bane of Nigerian airlines – DG NCAA
At a virtual Gateway Forum organised by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents in Lagos, the director general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation...
Pilots, engineers threaten to ground airlines’ operations over mass sack
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) yesterday issued a two-week ultimatum to airlines which have sacked or plan to sack their...
House committee chair on aviation counsels airlines to reconsider no pay...
The chairman, house committee on aviation, Mr. Nnolim Nnaji, has appealed to airlines and private organisations in the aviation sector not to abandon their...
NIS spells out entry requirements for non-Nigerians
The comptroller general of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. Muhammad Babandede, has stated the entry requirements for non-Nigerians travelling to Nigeria.
According to NAN, spokesman...
Airlines will raise fares this summer. Here’s why
Airfares are almost certain to go up this summer. Troubles
with the Boeing 737 Max are part of the reason.
The grounding of the Boeing 737...
Why airlines make flights longer on purpose
Ever wondered why flight times seem to be getting longer?
It’s called "padding", a phenomenon that helps airlines arrive on
time – but at a cost.
In...
Boeing delivers 806 aircraft in 2018
Boeing Company delivered a record 806 aircraft in 2018 to
retain the title of the world’s biggest plane maker for the seventh straight
year, but missed...
Scheduled passenger traffic hit 4.3b in 2018
Preliminary figures released by the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO) show a total of 4.3 billion passengers were
carried by air transport on scheduled services in...
Ground handling firms deserve waivers on imported equipment–SAHCO MD
The managing director of Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO), Mr. Basil Agboarumi, has urged the federal government to grant waivers on imported equipment...
El-Rufai begs airlines, NRC to resume services to Kaduna
The governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has called on airlines and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to resume operations to the northwest...