Reprieve for Nigerian airlines as government plans lessor guarantees

Sade Williams/Business a.m. The Nigerian government has agreed to guarantee aircraft leasing companies the recovery of their assets leased to Nigerian airlines in case of default. Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace  development, gave the assurance when officials of the Boeing Company, manufacturers of Boeing aeroplanes and officials of Aercap, the world’s biggest aircraft […]

Kuku leads FAAN after hand over by Mohammed

Following the recent appointment of Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku as the new managing director/chief executive  of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. FAAN), the immediate past Kabir Yusuf Mohammed the immediate past CEO handed over the reins of leadership of the organisation to her. At a brief handover ceremony held at the FAAN’s operational headquarters in […]

NSIB makes 4 safety demands in initial reports on Flint Aero, ValueJet mishaps

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released two preliminary reports on an accident and a serious incident involving aircraft owned and operated by Flints Aero Services Limited and FLYFORVALUE Aviation Limited. The accident involving HAWKER 800XP aircraft operated by Flints Aero Services with nationality and registration marks 5N-AMM, occurred at Ibadan Airport, Oyo State […]

More A320 aircraft capacity for United Nigeria as NCAA lifts flight suspension

Enugu-based United Nigeria Airlines has received an additional Airbus A320-200 to boost its capacity on various domestic routes during the winter season, per a monitored report on Simple Flying. It arrived just days after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) sent it the cheering news that it has lifted the week-long suspension on the carrier’s […]

Ibom Air’s Airbus A220 aircraft finally lands in Uyo

Uyo Victor Attah International Airport in Akwa Ibom State, the base of state-government-owned Ibom Air, was the ground for the carrier to finally welcome its first Airbus A220-300 home at the weekend. Ibom Air has been anticipating the delivery of this first A220 for over half a year. It was expected to arrive in Q12023, […]

Ethiopian Airlines unveils European expansion plans

Second destination in northern UK planned Glasgow or Edinburgh top on card Airline has traffic rights for 28 weekly UK flights Ethiopian Airlines will serve 19 European airports with passenger flights this year, based on Cirium data, per monitored report on Simple Flying. It comes as it introduced Copenhagen in May, London Gatwick in November, […]

Virgin Atlantic CEO, Weiss, eyes 2024 for return to profitability

When the COVID-19 pandemic started to recede and borders reopened, the aviation world breathed a collective sigh of relief and returned to worrying about routes, capacity, aircraft and the weather. While the price of oil is still a concern, the pandemic-era worries have been overtaken by the fractious geopolitical landscape that sees wars in the […]

Nigeria, Kuwait  sign air service agreement

Sade Williams/Business a.m. Nigeria and Kuwait have signed on to a Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) that would allow reciprocal flight operations between both countries, including allowing Nigerian carriers to be able operate direct flights to the Middle Eastern country. Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, represented Nigeria as the historic accord between […]

Rano Airlines awards ground handling contract to SAHCO

Sade Williams/Business a.m. The Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) Plc, has won the contract to provide  passenger, baggage and ramp handling services to Rano Airlines at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The contract will see SAHCO handling four flights in Abuja daily for the airline. Rano Air is a licensed airline incorporated in 2019 with […]

Virgin Atlantic CEO, Weiss, eyes 2024 for return to profitability

When the COVID-19 pandemic started to recede and borders reopened, the aviation world breathed a collective sigh of relief and returned to worrying about routes, capacity, aircraft and the weather. While the price of oil is still a concern, the pandemic-era worries have been overtaken by the fractious geopolitical landscape that sees wars in the […]