$265m To Foreign Airlines: CNPP Commends CBN For Intervention To Avert Total Shutdown
Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has hailed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for its release of $265 million to foreign airlines operating in the country for the remittance of part of their revenues trapped in the country. Recall…
Aero Contractors Suspends Scheduled Flight Operations, Outlines Reasons
Aero Contractors, which is considered as Nigeria’s oldest airline, has announced the suspension of flight operations. The airline in a statement said this was due to challenging operational environment. The company, which has been in operation for 61 years in…
Asaba Airport Calibrate ILS, Targets International Operations
The Asaba Airport has said it was targeting improved services and international flight operations with the successful verification of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the airport. Managing Director of the Asaba Airport Company, Christophe Penninck disclosed this in Asaba…
Aviation Ministry Moves Avert Shutdown of Operations By Local Airline Operators
Ahead of Monday deadline for shutting down operations, the Federal Government (FG) has reached to the plans by local airline operators in Nigeria to shutdown operations over the rising cost of aviation fuel. On behalf of the Nigerian government, the…
Airlines in Nigeria Threaten to Shut Down Operations, Set Date
The Airline Operators of Nigeria have announced suspension of their operations from Monday, May 9, following a rise in cost of jet A1 and other costs. The airlines – Azman Air, Max Air, United Nigeria Airways, Ibom Air, Air Peace,…
Nigeria Reinstates Emirates’ Flight Schedule
The Federal Government has reinstated Emirates’ winter flight schedule to Nigeria following the offering of daily slots to Air Peace at the Dubai Airports, DXB. This is contained in a letter to the Emirates Country Manager, Nigeria signed by the…
Ethiopian Airlines Announces Flight Resumption to Enugu
Operators of the Ethiopian Airline have revealed that flights to Enugu would resume as from October 1. The resumption of flights on the route is coming two years after the airline suspended flight to the south eastern state. The airline’s…
Sense and Economics of Asaba Airport Concession
By Rebecca Ejifoma On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, the Asaba International Airport entered a new epoch, becoming the first brownfield airport concession in Nigeria. The concession was described by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as a breakthrough in his…
How States Can Recoup Investment in Airports Using Delta State Example
By Lawani Mikairu Last Tuesday, the Delta State government signed a concession agreement with a consortium of private companies to manage and run the Asaba Airport for a period of 30 years. Aside from the companies upgrading the infrastructures at the…
Delta Govt Throws Light on Airport Concession, Approves Construction of More Roads
Delta State Government on Thursday said Asaba International Airport was not sold but only concessioned for 30 years to make for its adequate upgrade into a world-class airport, by the concessionaire. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, made this…
What We‘ll Do to Terrorists this Year – Gen Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has revealed the fate of terrorists in the new year, 2021. According to the COAS, the Nigerian army will shame and disgrace the Boko Haram and Islamic States for West African…
