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    The management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos, has said the recent tour of media houses afforded it the opportunity to lists achievements and also to tell the aviation community what it has been doing to make MMA2 a continuously attractive destination for passengers […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. L-R: Alex Badeh Jr., director general, NSIB; Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Bimbo Oladeji, director, public affairs and family assistance, NSIB; and Bunmi Gindeh, special adviser to the DG, NSIB, during a courtesy call on the governor in Ibadan, Oyo State Alex Badeh Jr., the director general of the Nigerian Safety […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. L-R: Patrick Achurefe, head of quality, Air Peace Limited;  Allen Onyema, chairman/CEO, Air Peace Limited; Samson Fatokun, area manager, West and Central Africa, IATA; and Godfrey Ogbogu, safety manager, Air Peace Limited, at the IOSA Certification presentation ceremony in Lagos, recently. Air Peace, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, focusing on raising […]

On January 15, Airbus celebrated the tenth anniversary of the A350 aircraft family, which was first delivered to Qatar Airways. The A350 has become one of the most successful widebody aircraft families, accumulating over 1,300 orders for the A350-900, A350-1000, and A350F, per Simple Flying. Tenth anniversary On January 15, Airbus shared that on that […]

‘70s’ runways outlived lifespan, says FAAN chief Sade Williams/Business a.m. Olubunmi Kuku, managing director, FAAN, and Ibrahim Kana, permanent secretary, Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, at Lagos Airport, recently Nigerian airport runways across the country require investment of N580 billion for their rehabilitation, the government agency with responsibility for airport management, Federal Airports Authority […]

Ends 2024 with record 83.9m passengers London Heathrow Airport (LHR) has reported its busiest-ever December, with London’s primary airport ending 2024 with a record-breaking 83.9 million passengers, per this report by Simple Flying.   Record-breaking year-end On January 13, the airport announced that over seven million passengers travelled through the airport in December, making it […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. Front row L-R: Emmanuel Iza, managing director, XEJet; Abdullahi Idris Garba, chairman, House committee on aviation; Helen Brume, Afrexim; Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation; Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, managing director, Fidelity Bank Plc; Abdulfatai Buhari, chairman, Senate committee on aviation; Moore Ibekwe, Boeing Company; Back row L-R: Tufano Mary, director, legal department, NCAA; Chris Najomo, acting director […]

Commends FAAN’s reforms under Kuku, applauds Keyamo’s leadership Sade Williams/Business a.m. Ibrahim Kana, the permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, says progress was being made in the ongoing transformation of the aviation sector in Nigeria. Kana said the solid structural framework at the Federal Airports Authority (FAAN) being driven by […]

Boeing has resumed the flight test campaign for the 777X after the test fleet was grounded due to an issue that the manufacturer discovered during scheduled maintenance, writes Simple Flying. Back in the skies On January 16, Boeing resumed flight tests of the 777X. The aircraft, registered as N779XY, departed King County International Airport (BFI, […]

Corporation releases aircraft inventory   Sade Williams/Business a.m. A tough talking Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) vowed on Friday to recover N227.64 billion being owed by Nigerian domestic carrier Arik Air, stressing that it would not be intimidated by the debtor’s harassment, alleged sponsored media attacks, and resistance to fulfill its obligations. Jude Nwauzor, […]