Transport

Amid the recent closure of the nation’s airports, the total revenue generated by two of the major oil marketing companies in the country from the sale of aviation fuel plunged by 58.1 per cent in the first half of the year, compared with the same period of 2019. The nation’s …

Nigeria is making progress to reverse the United States suspension of the issuance of “immigrant visa” to Nigerian passport holders, President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Abuja. Receiving the report of the committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonization chaired by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, the President expressed …

The management of Air Peace Airlines has agreed to recall a sizable number of the 70 pilots sacked recently due to the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry. This decision was reached after an intervention meeting called by the minister of aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, between the airline management …

BRISTOW Helicopters has announced the sack of over 100 pilots and engineers (both nationals and expatriates) over the next couple of weeks saying it has engaged the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) to negotiate a fair and equitable redundancy compensation for the affected individuals. This move may …

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has asked African governments to unblock bottlenecks ailing air transport and tourism by providing urgently needed financial relief to bail out affected businesses in the sector. It made this recommendation in a statement titled ‘Unblocking Bottlenecks in Financial Relief Critical for Survival of Air …

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Pressure has continued to mount on the Federal Government to lift the ban on international flights less than a week after the reopening of airports for national flights. But the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the apex aviation regulatory agency, insists the time is …

The Federal Government said it would review its Air agreements with various countries as a result of the unacceptable treatment of Nigerian carriers during the coronavirus pandemic. It specifically lamented that the United Kingdom government withdrew the landing rights of Air Peace close to departure time for the evacuation of …

Nigerian tech startup BMP Car has redefined car-hailing service in Nigeria by launching a 2-in-1 car hailing transportation system in Lagos, Nigeria. BMP Car is a technology ride-hailing transport service using 2-in-1 model, Car Sharing and VIP Taxi on the same platform, which allows users to link-up and join anyone embarking …

Nigerian airlines lost $2.09bn in April and June, the International Air Transport Association has said. IATA, in its report, titled, ‘Quarantine measures threaten aviation restart in Africa and the Middle East,’ noted that aviation was the worst-hit sector in Africa and the Middle East with more than 8.6 million jobs …

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has concluded plans to increase Passenger Service Charge, PSC, by 100 percent, effective from August 1, 2020. This was contained in a letter dated June 22, 2020, signed by the FAAN Managing Director, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, and addressed to all airliners under the …