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Air Peace has given warning that it would no longer condone members of the public endangering the lives of its workers, condemning the attacks on its staff by some unruly passengers in Abuja, Lagos, Calabar and other parts of the country. In a statement issued by the corporate communications manager of Air Peace, Mr. Chris […]
The National Assembly has included a budget for the construction of a second runway for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in the 2017 Appropriation Bill. According to Punch, the lawmakers have agreed to the construction of another runway for the airport. This comes one week after the airport was re-opened for flights, following runway […]
…NCAA Begins Investigation Two Air Peace B737 aircraft with registration numbers 5N-BQR and 5N-BQP yesterday collided at the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos ramp. The collision was said to have caused some damage to the two airplanes. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) confirmed the incident, adding that it was investigating […]
Fifty Three passengers on board Aero aircraft flying from Port Harcourt to Lagos yesterday escaped death by the grace of God, when smoke suddenly emerged from the cargo area of flight NG316 causing panic and on board by the highly frightened passengers. The airline that has been struggling for survival after the takeover by AMCON, […]
Following the completion of the rehabilitation of its runway and subsequent re-opening of the airport for commercial flights and other ancillary services, Dana Air, Air Peace and Arik air have resumed scheduled services to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. Abuja ’s accountable manager, Mr. Obi Mbanuzuo said in Lagos that the airline would operate five […]
The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had said that the completion of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway is timely. He said that it has paved the way for the re-opening of the facility after a six-week closure, demonstrating the federal government’s ability to rise to the occasion, irrespective of how […]
The Nigeria Police has summoned the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Saleh Dunoma, to appear before its team investigating Tuesday fire outbreak at the agency’s audit unit in its headquarters in Lagos. Dunoma made the disclosure yesterday while briefing newsmen after inspecting the damage caused by the fire. Dunoma said the […]
Fidelia Okafor The final ultimatum by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to the airlines to automate their remittance of the statutory 5 per cent Ticket Sales/Cargo Sales Charge (TSC/CSC) ends today. The Authority had shifted the January 31st 2017 ultimatum to March ending at the instance of the Airlines Operators of Nigeria (AON) at […]
Fidelia Okafor. The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja runway repairs is 57 per cent completed and the April 19 reopening date is sacrosanct. Sirika disclosed this during a media tour led by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at the airport on Thursday. […]
Fidelia Okafor Lyxor International airline has been sanctioned by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for violating the terms of approved flight clearance for its type of operation. The regulatory authority grounded the airline’s aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on February 16, for the violation of airspace regulation. The aircraft owned by […]