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  Sade Williams/Business a.m. Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading aviation group, has received the Four-Star Global Airline award at the 2025 APEX Passenger Choice Awards. According to a statement by the airline, the award highlights Ethiopian Airlines’ unwavering commitment to delivering a service that meets global standards to its passengers across more than 140 international destinations, […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. Tayo John, director, air traffic services at the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), said recently that the country needs a brand new radar system, and also disclosed that the government has started the modernisation of the system but affirmed that the best solution is to acquire new radar for the country. The […]

    Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with the world’s largest concentration of black people, and one of the continent’s largest economies, is not part of any of the three major global airline alliances, a monitored report on Simple Flying showing African carriers’ partnerships has shown. According to the report, partnerships are essential to an […]

Sade Williams/Business a.m. The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has said it is not planning to reintroduce the $300 landing fee on helicopter operators in the country. While dissociating itself from a trending story credited to one of the directors in the agency, Abdullahi Musa, its spokesperson said the issue has been put on hold […]

  Sade Williams/Business a.m. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has begun preparations for the public unveiling of the 2025 Seasonal Climate Prediction scheduled for the first quarter next year. The Seasonal Climate Prediction provides information about the future outlook of the coming season to help mitigate climate risk, enhance adaptation options to support livelihoods, and […]

  Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development Sade Williams/Business a.m. Nigeria is deploying voluntary special marshals to its airports across the country in a bid to ensure they meet the highest standards in customer service and operational excellence, says Festus Keyamo, the country’s minister of aviation and aerospace development. The minister said the […]

Najomo says all 165 open items for both airports fully closed Olubunmi Kuku (left), managing director, FAAN, and Chris Najomo, acting director general, NCAA, during the presentation of the the certificate in Abuja Sade Williams/Business a.m. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has completed the recertification of Murtala Muhammed International airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi […]

  Chris Najomo, acting director general, NCAA Sade Williams/Business a.m. Senior leaders of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have paid glowing tributes to Chris Najomo, the acting director general of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), for the transformation he has brought to the regulatory agency since his appointment last year, and have called on […]

  Offers efficiency, safety, flexibility Business a.m. VistaJet, the world’s first and only global business aviation company, has set its eyes on corporations, governments and ultra-high-networth-individuals in an expansion drive that is taking it into the East and Southern African exclusive private aviation services space. In a statement made available to Business a.m., VistaJet said […]

  Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with the world’s largest concentration of black people, and one of the continent’s largest economies, is not part of any of the three major global airline alliances, a monitored report on Simple Flying showing African carriers’ partnerships has shown. According to the report, partnerships are essential to an airline’s […]