RwandaAir offers 15% discount ahead 2022 Commonwealth summit in Kigali
Onome Amuge
June 15, 2022
BY ONOME AMUGE RwandaAir, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines by patronage, has offered a 15 percent saving off flights for passengers across its extensive network as Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, prepares to host over 5,000 delegates and world leaders from 54 member states of the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of […]
Pilots at Abuja Airport can now talk of Briefing Room of their own
Sade WilliamsJune 14, 2022
By Sade Williams/Business a.m. Pilots in Abuja Airport now have their own briefing room. Hadi Sirika commissioned the room known as the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) pilot briefing room at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. Sirika urged all aviation stakeholders, especially the airlines and flying crew, to take advantage of the Pilot Briefing Room […]
Sirika takes 12,000 ha, kicks off Aviation Roadmap projects
Sade WilliamsJune 14, 2022
By Sade Williams/Business a.m. Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation took delivery of the certificate of occupancy (C of O) for 12,000 hectares of land from Muhammed Musa Bello, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, an essential component for the realisation of the aviation roadmap projects of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Mohammed Kabiru […]
Accident reports not attack on institutions, says AIB-N
Sade WilliamsJune 14, 2022
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m. The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) has said that its reports are not issued to attack any organisation, agency or individual. AIB Nigeria, in a statement signed by Tunji Oketunbi, its public affairs manager, noted that a section of the media had misinterpreted a portion of one of the reports released […]
Finchglow Travels marks 16 years of providing travel services to clients
Sade WilliamsJune 14, 2022
By Sade Williams/Business a.m. Finchglow Travels, one of the leading travel management companies in Nigeria and a subsidiary of Finchglow Holdings has hit another milestone of 16 years in operations. Bankole Bernard, group managing director noted: “Sixteen years ago, we started out as a small travel agency in a plaza at Falomo, our vision has […]
Nigeria Air advances towards take-off, gets air transport licence
Chisom NwatuJune 7, 2022
BY CHISOM NWATU Nigeria’s proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, on Monday advanced a step towards commencement of operation with the presentation of an Air Transport Licence (ATL) to its interim management board by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). ATL is a licence issued as authorisation to permit airlines to provide scheduled and non-scheduled services. […]
Imo agencies bully hoteliers instead of joining us to grow Imo economy
Dikachi ElembaJune 7, 2022
JOSEPHAT E. NWOSU lived in Germany for 15 years and another 35 years in the United States before returning home to Nigeria to establish and become managing director of Mayor Courtyard Hotel and Suites, a decent boutique hotel along Chukwuma Nwoha Street, in Owerri. He is now the Eze-elect (traditional ruler-elect) of Obike autonomous community […]
Nigeria seen as strategic market as Emirates restates commitment
Sade WilliamsJune 7, 2022
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m. Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, sees Nigeria as a strategic market for its operations and business, Badr Abbas, its senior vice president, commercial operations for Africa, has said, underscoring its current 12 weekly flights into two cities in the country with potential to ramp up to 21 flights a week […]
Xejet signs MoU to provide air transport services in Sierra Leone
Sade WilliamsJune 7, 2022
BY Sade Williams/Business a.m. Xejet Aviation Limited and the government of The Republic of Sierra Leone have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to operate regional and international flights from Lungi International Airport, Freetown. The two parties have long been in discussions leading up to this agreement that the company may establish and operate a […]
Foreign airlines face legislators’ audit over Nigerians in their employment
Sade WilliamsMay 23, 2022
By Sade Williams/business a.m. The Nigerian legislature, through the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, is to carry out an ‘audit’ of foreign airlines operating into the country to find out how many Nigerians they have in their environment, such as cabin staff and technical crew including pilots and engineers. Nnolim Nnaji, chairman of the […]