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  Sade Williams/Business a.m. Max Air has suspended its domestic flight operations from midnight 31 January, 2025 to allow for an internal appraisal of its operations by its management, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the government regulatory agency, said. The suspension of domestic flights will last for three months. The downing of domestic flights follows […]

Says acting DG Najomo won’t be distracted   Sade Williams/Business a.m. Claims by a group known as Aviation Elders (AE) that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) under Chris Najomo, its director general, has handled safety matters with levity have been robustly rebutted by the Authority. The allegations are being made amid calls for the […]

  Sade Williams/Business a.m. Ethiopian Airlines has been granted a recertification of its IATA CEIV Pharma (Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics) accreditation as an airline and ground handling agent. The airline said in a statement that the recertification underscores its unwavering commitment in providing world-class air cargo services tailored to meet […]

  L-R: Olusegun Runsewe (former director-general, NTDC); Olusegun Obasanjo (former president of Nigeria); Dawda Jawara (late former president of The Gambia); Danny Jordaan (former president of the South African Football Association); Ikechi Uko (organiser, Akwaaba African Travel Market); Obioma Liyel-Imoke (former First Lady of Cross River state), at the 2010 edition Sade Williams/Business a.m. The […]

  Olubunmi Kuku, managing director, FAAN Sade Williams/Business a.m. More details on the urgency to rehabilitate at least 17 Nigerian airport runways with an estimated investment of N580 billion have been provided by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the government agency responsible for managing the airports. Olubunmi Kuku, the managing director and chief […]

  L_R: Karl Toriola, chief executive officer, MTN Nigeria; Charles Anosike, director general/CEO, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet); and Henry Onyemachi, managing director, Tomorrow.io, at the MoU signing to develop a Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS) System in Abuja, recently Sade Williams/Business a.m. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with […]

  Sade Williams /Business a.m. A United Airlines Boeing 787-800 operated flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, at about 03:22 hours on Thursday after it departed the same airport at 23:59 pm on Wednesday following a technical fault. The airline said in a statement by its […]

    The management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos, has said the recent tour of media houses afforded it the opportunity to lists achievements and also to tell the aviation community what it has been doing to make MMA2 a continuously attractive destination for passengers […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. L-R: Alex Badeh Jr., director general, NSIB; Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Bimbo Oladeji, director, public affairs and family assistance, NSIB; and Bunmi Gindeh, special adviser to the DG, NSIB, during a courtesy call on the governor in Ibadan, Oyo State Alex Badeh Jr., the director general of the Nigerian Safety […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. L-R: Patrick Achurefe, head of quality, Air Peace Limited;  Allen Onyema, chairman/CEO, Air Peace Limited; Samson Fatokun, area manager, West and Central Africa, IATA; and Godfrey Ogbogu, safety manager, Air Peace Limited, at the IOSA Certification presentation ceremony in Lagos, recently. Air Peace, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, focusing on raising […]