Nigeria Air To Begin operations April 2022   The proposed national carrier will begin flight in April next year, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said. The development came three years after the Federal Government announced plans to establish a new national carrier, following the liquidation...

Despite Failure To Begin Operations, National Carrier Gets N400m Allocation   The Federal Government plans to spend N400m as working capital on its proposed national carrier which has failed to begin operations and has remained on the discussion table since 2015. It disclosed this in the 2022...

Fed Govt To Partner Hungarian Firm To Produce Aircraft Locally       The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to partner with the Magnus Aircraft Manufacturing Industry in Hungary to establish an assembling plant and later start aircraft manufacturing in Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, expressed...

After One Year, International Flight Resumes In Kano Airport       International flight operations resumed at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Tuesday after over one year of its closure due to COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had in March said the Mallam Aminu...

Poor Documentation Stalls N120bn FAAN Pension Funds         The Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) yesterday raised the alarm over how poor documentation of financial records is serving as a stumbling block denying workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from accessing their over...

Two Months After, Airlines Await N5bn Bailout       Almost two months after the federal government approved a N5 billion bailout for the aviation sector, operators are worried over the delay in its release, even as many airlines and allied businesses are on the brink of collapse. The...