The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said yesterday that talks were at an advanced stage between Nigeria and the United States of America on the resumption of direct flights from Houston. In a statement by his Special Assistant, Media and Communications, Tunde Moshood, Keyamo also said efforts were on to attract foreign investment into the aviation sector. …

House of Representatives has taken steps to curtail exorbitant airfares by international and even domestic airlines in Nigeria. This was a sequel to the adoption of the amended motion moved by Hon. Moshood Olarewaju Oshun from Lagos at plenary on Thursday. Moving the motion, he said, that in 2023, international passenger traffic has grown massively from the 3,503,692 that was …

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Mesfin Tasew, has said the airline won’t reject any decision by the Federal Government to either suspend indefinitely or resume the national carrier project. Tasew, who stressed that the East African carrier did not initially show interest in participating in the Nigeria Air project, said the decision to submit a bid for …

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, said that the state government would soon recoup all expenses on the state’s Agro Cargo Airport, as various international aviation companies jostle for concessional operations. The airport is located along Iperu-Ilishan Road in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state. The governor, shortly after an inspection of the airport at the weekend, stated …

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has charged the contractor handling the construction of the second runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA), the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Nigeria Limited to employ the locals as part of the manpower to construct the runway. He stated this at the official taking over of the site …

The minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Tuesday, said it will review the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA), with Algeria. Keyamo disclosed this when the Algerian Ambassador, Hacine Lalti, paid him a courtesy visit in his office. According to him, the meetings of aeronautical engineers between both countries slated earlier for December will be brought forward tentatively …

Poised to serve the travelling public better, the United Nigeria Airlines Company Limited has taken delivery of an Airbus A320 aircraft, which it will deploy to upgrade services on its expanding routes. The Airbus, which entered Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday, was welcomed with a water salute by fire service operatives of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria …

19 months after Air Peace suspended flight service to Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna State, over insecurity, the airline, on Friday, said it will resume operation on 23 October 2023. Air Peace on 28th March 2022, had suspended flight service to Kaduna airport after bandits gunned down a local guard attached to the Nigerian Airspace Management Authority (NAMA). In a press …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has received two additional Diamond-62 aircraft as part of its efforts to intensify ongoing air operations against insecurity in the country. The new aircraft were received at a ceremony held in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday. This was contained in a statement issued by NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Informatio Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet. …

Nigeria’s fastest growing airline, United Nigeria Airlines Company Limited has been admitted as a member of the global aviation body, the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The airlines’ admittance into IATA was conveyed to the management of airlines in a letter dated 9th October 2023, and addressed to its Chairman/Chief Executive, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo. The letter signed by IATA Director …