The managing director of Aero Contractors, Capt Fola Akinkuotu says there is no point hiring contract staff if the need does not exist.
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The administrative secretariat of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria ATSSSAN has been commissioned in Lagos. The edifice with three sections will was unveiled by the managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN.
Africa is set to see significant growth in its regional airliner fleet, according to the latest market outlook published by Embraer Commercial Aviation. According to the Brazilian airframer, over the next 20 years, the region will take delivery of 240 new jets in the 70- to 130-seat segment. If this turns out to be correct, […]
The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr Saleh Dunoma, on Monday in Lagos said the agency was working toward providing the best terminals for airport users across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dunoma stated this while speaking with aviation correspondents at the inauguration of the Aviation White […]
 An object that reportedly collided with a British Airways flight as it arrived Heathrow Airport last week was no longer believed to be a drone, the Government said on Thursday. Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, told parliament that there was not a drone incident on April 17, conflicting initial reports by the pilot and police. Officials […]
Arik Explorer, Arik Air’s leisure and packaged travel subsidiary, is launching a ground transfer service for its London bound passengers from Heathrow Airport to destinations within London city. The ground transfer service is in collaboration with Puzzles Group and Hummingbird cars. According to Ola Banji, Arik Air spokesman, all London bound passengers departing Lagos
This is contained in a document issued by the NCAA’s Consumer Protection Department, which was obtained on Monday by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The document said a total number of 15,434 flights were operated by eight domestic airlines during the period under review, while 281 flights were cancelled. It said the airlines […]
Member of aviation industry think tank group and Chief Executive of Centurion Securities, Group Captain John Ojikutu (RTD) has said that to evade what transpired at Brussels Airport where terrorists detonated explosives at the airport, there is need to coordinate intelligence and security efforts by gathering and adequately sharing information across board
24 hours after aviation unions workers disrupted its flight at the General Aviation Terminal ( GAT) , of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos over alleged N12.5 billion debt , Arik Air said yesterday that it has paid into the coffers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN ) over N18.9 billion as airport […]
The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria(ATSSSAN) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees(NUATE) today shut down the Arik Air’s operations over debt totaling N12.5 billion owed the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria(FAAN). This is just as the passengers who have bought tickets to fly with Arik Air to their various destinations […]
The continuous signing of Bilateral Air Service Agreements, BASAs, by the Federal Government with several foreign countries among several other unfavourable policies would continue to hamper growth of the airline sub-sector in the country. Also, the lack of sufficiently trained and type-rated technical personnel in the nation’s aviation industry would incessantly give
The Director General of the Airport Council International (ACI), Angela Gittens, has commended the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for the success it achieved recently during the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP). Gittens stated this in an interview during the 55th Airport Council InternationalÂ
 Two weeks after it was closed to air travellers because of safety reasons, flights resumed at the Ibadan airport on Wednesday, the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that the airport was closed to flights two weeks ago following the breakdown of the fire truck at the facility. The situation resulted in many […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja stressed the urgent need to ensure that the potentials of Nigeria are harnessed and used for the good of the country. Receiving the President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dr Bernard O. Aliyu at the State House, Abuja, President Buhari declared: “Nigeria needs to work on […]
The President of International Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO Dr Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu says the organisation has been engaging ministers of aviation globally in discussions in view of recent airport attacks to strengthen security across the globe. Speaking in an interview with aviation reporters in Abuja after a dinner organised in his honour by the ministry […]
National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers of Nigeria, an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress shut down all Bristow Helicopters’ offices in Port Harcourt to protest against what it described as the company’s discriminatory policies. OnThursday . Led by NAAPEN’s Isaac Balami in company with national officials and the state Chairman of TUC, Chika […]
The president of International Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO Dr Bernard Aliu has stressed the need for aviation agencies in the country to imbibe the development of human capacity building. Speaking while addressing union members from Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Union of Air Transport Employees NUATE and heads of aviation […]
The National President of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association (ATSSSAN), Comrade Benjamin Okewu has commended the management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN agency for the merited approval given it by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO during the recent audit. Okewu noted that initially there were open items but a lot […]
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has given the management of Caverton Helicopters seven days to enact payment to its members in the company of face a shutdown of operations in Lagos, Warri and Port Harcourt. It would seem the unions have been in negotiation with the airline over a myriad of issues […]
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has given the management of Caverton Helicopters 7 days to enact payment to its members in the company of face a shutdown of operations in Lagos, Warri and Port Harcourt. It would seem the unions have been in negotiation with the airline over a myriad of issues […]
