Six state governments including Ekiti, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Yobe, Nasarawa, and Bayelsa have spent about N160 billion on airport projects that opposition politicians and aviation professionals classified as unviable. Stakeholders say the huge public funds expended on the facilities have amounted to waste. They condemned the state governors and asked Nigerians to hold them responsible for the waste. Some industry players …

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said domestic air fare rose by 25 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to N98,561.74 in July 2024 from N78.775.74 in July 2023. The bureau disclosed in its Transport fare watch report for July 2024. NBS said: “In air travel, the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey was N98,561.74 in July …

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ekiti State government to pave the way for a seamless takeoff of the newly established Ekiti State Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport at Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The MoU, which was signed at the agency’s headquarters annex at the Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos, attracted …

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, on Tuesday officially received the new Airbus A220-300 aircraft for the Ibom Air. This was as he announced plans for an Aviation Village near the Victor Attah International Airport. Speaking at the airport during a brief ceremony to receive a new A220-300 series aircraft for the state-owned Ibom Air, the governor said the …

The chairman of the Africa Investment and Trade Summit and Exhibition (AITE), Tunde MacAlabi, has commended the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for fighting relentlessly for Nigeria’s interests in aviation since his appointment a year ago. “If most of Keyamo’s predecessors had been committed to national interests as the present aviation minister, the Nigerian aviation sector would …

The Federal Government has lifted the suspension on the operations of Arik Air. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu announced the development in a post on social media on Thursday. This comes more than a week after the airline’s planes were grounded over a dispute between Atlas Petroleum and …

A Lagos Federal High Court yesterday nullified the sale of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines. Immediate past Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika brokered the deal under ex-President Muhamudu Buhari’s administration. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, who presided over the case, declared the sale of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines as null and void. The court delivered the verdict while determining the issues in …

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has not suspended or halted Arik Air’s flight operations, which continued as scheduled and did not affect the airline’s ability to operate its remaining fleet. This is contained in a statement by NCAA Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu on Friday in Abuja. According to Achimugu, NCAA is …

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barrister Festus Keyamo has directed that all Arik Air’s fleet be grounded. This decision is coming in the face of aircraft shortage in the country. As at the time of this report, the minister or the Ministry of Aviation has not issued any statement to explain why that directive was given but inside …

Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, on Monday, suspended its proposed increment of en-route navigation charges. Last week, NAMA said it was proposing the increase of en-route navigation charges from N2,000 and N6,000 to N18,000 and N54,000 per flight. However, the agency, in response to the directive from Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has put the decision …