Could listing foreign aircraft maintenance/leasing firms mean end to Nigeria Air?
Fresh fears of not finally floating the endless national air fleet, the Nigeria Air emerged Monday when the Federal Government shortlisted Ethiopian Airlines and a consortium of A. J. Walters/Glovesly/Egypt Air for the proposed aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul facility…
Resignation calls grow on Aviation minister over failed N2.59b calibration aircraft
The latest discovery that contrary to the claims of bad weather as the cause of the recent shameful diversion of international flights from Nigeria to Ghana and other neighbouring countries, it was the faulty N2.59bn calibration aircraft purchased by the…
Olateru, AIB chief gives insights on his stewardship since 2017
The Commissioner of Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Engineer Akin Olateru in the next three months or so, will clock three years on the saddle of managing air accident and related occurrences. He recently x-rayed his performance and scorecard with a…
Sirika mulls government aviation leasing company, silent on Nigeria Air
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has made his maiden press briefing, saying the master plan for the development of the aviation sector has been estimated to worth at least one per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by…
Return of Amaechi to Ministry of Transport divides industry stakeholders’
Former Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon Rotimi Amaechi, was yesterday sworn-in again as the substantive minister of the same ministry. Based on his antecedents between 2015 and early this year when President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term elapsed, there had mixed…
AfCFTA national action still silent on transportation as FG Okays takeoff
Just as President Muhammadu Buhari has established a national action committee to begin the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), there are strong indications that the deficiencies in the nation’s logistics and transportation sector are yet…
Amaechi, Sirika, Lai Mohammed may rekindle Nigeria Air’s hide and seek game
Tracking back to last week’s screening session of the immediate past Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika at the Senate, he promised to revisit the suspended floating of new national carrier tagged Nigeria Air if reappointed to handle the…
Absence of Minister derailing Ethiopian Airlines deal to drive Nigeria Air
Friday’s revelation by the Chief Executive of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, that his group had been meeting with the Federal Government and relevant private sector players on plans to bring the proposed Nigeria Air to life, has come under threat…
Minister’s stand on Enugu FTZ may discourage international investors—Npower FZC
The Enugu Power Free Zone Company (Enpower FZC), the managers of Enugu Free Trade Zone located near the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, has reacted to the recent comments credited to the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika…
AIIA: S’East Business leaders’ decry rising marginalization on transport infrastructure
The recently announced intent by the Federal Government to shut down the only international airport in the South East of Nigeria, the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, has attracted the anger of the South East Business Leaders. In an…
