Senate Committee Chairman to receive NUATE award

Aviation Nigeria The National Union of Air Transport Employees NUATE have selected Chairman Senate Committee on Aviation Senator Hope Uzodinma for [...]

SAHCOL donate relief materials to flood victims in Delta State

Aviation Nigeria In a Corporate Social Responsibility move, Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) have donated materials to the victims [...]

Holes in the House Report

Aviation Nigeria by Waziri Ado The House of Representatives’ committees on Justice and Aviation on Thursday submitted a 12-page report on the [...]

NIMET Cautions Pilots Over Prevalent Violent Weather

Aviation Nigeria Pilots have been advised to be very cautious and take precaution during flight operations   as violent weather is becoming [...]

House committee report indicts Caverton Helicopters, Aviation Ministry

Aviation Nigeria A report by the House Committee on Justice and Aviation has indicted both the Caverton Helicopters and the Ministry of Aviation. The [...]

NCAP: Foreign registered jets opt out of operations

Aviation Nigeria Foreign registered private jets have began to opt of out operations in Nigeria with the recent policy by the Federal Government [...]

FEC approves new aviation policy

Aviation Nigeria A new policy regulating the operation of commercial airlines and private jets in the country has been approved by the Federal Executive [...]

Last Flight to Abuja' donates proceeds to Dana crash victims

Aviation Nigeria The directors of the movie 'Last Flight to Abuja' has said it plans to donate half of the movies proceeds to victims of the June [...]

Coroner court may strike out pathologists testimony on Dana crash

Aviation Nigeria Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University and Chief Medical Examiner Prof. John  Obafunwa may have his testimony in the [...]

Achebe departs Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja for final resting place

Aviation Nigeria by Tahir Sherriff The remains of literary icon Prof. Chinua Achebe passed through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja [...]

Akanu Ibiam Airport: President Jonathan’s Master Stroke

Aviation Nigeria By Yakubu Dati In his book on visionary leadership, Burt Nanus made an apt quote that pertinently captures what is currently [...]

Customs intercept $2.7m from 5 suspects at MMA

Aviation Nigeria The Murtala Muhammad Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 2.7 million dollars (or N432 million) [...]

Aviation unions shelve strike action

Aviation Nigeria An intended strike action by two industrial unions of the aviation sector has been shelved aside. This was made known in a press [...]

Arik to begin Nigeria and Brazil route in August

Aviation Nigeria Arik Air, is seeking traffic rights and slot allocation from the Brazilian authorities to commence flights into the São Paulo [...]

NAMA set to commence AIS in October

Aviation Nigeria The  Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has said it plans to test run its Automated Information System (AIS) in October. The [...]

SE region stands still, as Jonathan commissions Akanu Ibiam Airport Enugu

Aviation Nigeria by Alkasim Abdulkadir All roads led to Enugu state Saturday 18 May, 2013 to commission the Akanu Ibiam reconstructed Airport [...]

President Jonathan Commissions Remodeled Enugu Airport

Aviation Nigeria President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan recently commissioned the newly remodeled Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu. The President [...]

Russian Plane catches fire on tarmac

Aviation Nigeria The Vnukovo airport in Moscow was closed temporarily after a plane caught fire upon landing. The aircraft operated by UT air [...]

Dreamliner: Boeing resumes deliveries of 787

Aviation Nigeria Boeing says it has resumed deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner, after two incidents involving the lithium ion batteries led to a [...]

Business Aviation significant to regional development

Aviation Nigeria Managing Director of Evergreen Apple Nigeria, Mr. Segun Demuren has said that opportunities within the aviation sector is significant [...]

Airplane violated laws and falsified documents – Aviation Minister

Aviation Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has maintained that the case of the gounded aircraft was not just a case of violation of [...]

Who is afraid of the new national aviation policy?

Aviation Nigeria by Yakubu Dati In recent weeks there has been a string of deliberate misinformation, outright falsehoods and a fallacy of generalizations [...]

NCAP 2013 in line with ICAO regulations - Aviation Minister

Aviation Nigeria Aviation Minister Princess Stella Oduah has said that the nations airports will be structured to international standards. "We [...]

Update: Military helicopter emergency landing in Port Harcourt

Aviation Nigeria The Nigerian Air Force has debunked claims that a fighter jet crashed today at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Port Harcourt. Earlier [...]

Bi-Courtney unveils New Conference Room at MMA2

Aviation Nigeria Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), has opened an ultra-modern [...]