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  Lagos-London route one of most lucrative To introduce special student fares     Sade Williams/Business a.m. The long-awaited resumption of direct flight between Nigeria and the United Kingdom by a Nigerian flagged airline will become real on March 30 when Air Peace, West Africa’s largest airline by fleet size, enters the lucrative Lagos-London route […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2),  has come out tough on unruly and disruptive passengers who use its terminal, saying it will no longer tolerate any form of misconduct or vandalism within its terminal premises. While reiterating its unwavering commitment to passenger safety, security, and the […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. A Kenya Airways aircraft, flying into Lagos, was carefully directed to 18R/36L Runways at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) as the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) officially reopened the runway, 10 months after it was closed for maintenance. Links 2 and 3 of the Runway are now opened to international […]

Follows approval by Nigerian authorities Phillip Isakpa in London, UK Air Peace, Nigeria’s and West Africa’s largest airline by fleet size, has begun moves in earnest to secure early clearance from the United States to begin commercial flight operations between Nigeria and New York. The airline moves follow the approval it received from the Nigerian […]

Festus Keyamo, the minister of aviation and aerospace development, recently convened a crucial meeting with the High Commissioner of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Nigeria, Ambassador Wendell V.C De Landro, and his delegation in Abuja as parts of efforts to ratify the longstanding Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between Nigeria and the Caribbean […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. Domestic airline operators in the country are facing existential threat challenges, their organised body, Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), has cried out. According to the AON, members face challenges ranging from scarcity of foreign exchange, high price of aviation fuel and difficulty acquiring aircraft due to country risk profile. The operators also […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m.   Olubunmi Kuku, the managing director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has called on airlines and security agencies at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Lagos to prioritise passenger facilitation and comfort as well as the needs of the airports as an integral part of their duties. This must be done to […]

Nigeria’s only state-owned carrier, Ibom Air, has ended all operations with its wet-leased Airbus A320 aircraft as it prepares to bring brand-new A220s into service. This comes nearly a week after the airline completed the financing for its first A220, per this report by Simple Flying. Transition from wet lease operations Last year, Ibom Air […]