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  Following her phenomenal performance since she assumed office in December 2023, stakeholders in the aviation industry have voted Olubunmi Kuku, the managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), as the aviation industry’s agency Chief Executive Officer of the Year 2024. The poll, conducted by NIGAV, saw the FAAN helmsman poll 35.3 […]

  ValueJet’s planned Lagos-Jos flight schedule is set to take to the skies from April 2, 2025, the airline has said in a statement, Passengers patronising the airline can now expect to enjoy direct flights between Lagos and Jos following the conclusion of plans by ValueJet  to begin services to Jos, Plateau State. The airline […]

Business a.m. A list of the world’s top most on-time airlines and airports for February prepared by global air travel data provider OAG shows FlySafair of South Africa leading the pack with the best on-time performance (OTP) in February. The list also shows Hawaiian Airlines leading the pack in North America. According to a Simple […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. Air Peace, the Nigerian carrier, has seen its flight operations hit by multiple bird strikes affecting three of its aircraft in a 24 hour time span. Ejike Ndiulo, head, corporate communications, said the first incident forced the airline to make an air return on the flight. “Additionally, two of our aircraft also […]

  Sade Williams/Business a.m. Aviation unions in Nigeria, including Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), have cautioned the federal government against plans to sideline workers in its new moves to concession some airports. The unions accused the […]

    Sade Williams/Business a.m. Remi Jibodu, chief operating officer of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, the operators of Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, sees the signing and implementation by Nigeria of the Cape Town Convention Practice Direction boosting capacity in the aviation industry. Jibodu said the CTC will encourage airlines to be able to get dry […]

  Sade Williams/Business a.m. A preliminary report on on-going investigation into the incident involving a Hawker 900XP aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-KAL, operated by Flybird Aircraft Management Services Limited, has now been released by the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB). The incident occurred on December 6, 2024, during the aircraft’s climb out from […]

  L-R: Don Spiff, director, operations, licensing and training standards; Edwin Obi, general manager, quality assurance; and Chioma Usanga, general manager, examinations, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, at the workshop on “Managing Approved Organisations’ Compliance With the Nig. CARs.” at Lagos airport, recently Sade Williams/Business a.m. The community of approved training organisations (ATO) should ensure total […]

  L-R: Kingsley Chima, country manager, Africa World Airlines; Ashok Satija, general manager, Satguru Travels; Jonathan Kofi Appiah, head, commercial, Africa World Airlines, presenting the winner’s award to Rahul Dixit, branch manager, Satguru Travels; and Victoria Fiewor, sales manager, Africa World Airlines Sade Williams/Business a.m. Africa World Airlines (AWA), Ghana’s leading airline and longest serving […]

  Chris Najomo, director general, NCAA Sade Williams/Business a.m. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said on Friday it issued five Air Operators Certificates (AOCs) to airline operators in one year. Chris Najomo, the director general of the NCAA said  this was made possible as a result of the process that has become seamless and […]