•Foreign airlines rally behind controversial rapid antigen test The suspension of Emirates Airlines and Etihad’s withdrawal from Nigerian airspace has cost the country, at least, a 20 per cent decline in international passenger traffic. Reports from the Aviation sector is that the decline was a major setback for air travel’s gradual recovery that earlier climbed […]Read More
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday said the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport would be reopened for international flights on April 5, 2021. He disclosed this in Abuja at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He also said the Port Harcourt and Enugu airports would be reopened for international flights […]Read More
• Offers soft loans, VAT removal, free COVID-19 tests as palliatives The Federal Government has pledged to bail out the local aviation sector with a sum of N27 billion as part of measures to restart air travel and keep the airports safer. The sum, already proposed to some of the operators, will besides supporting the […]Read More
Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who disclosed this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Aviation for the ministry’s budget defence, explained that the amount, needed in addition to the 500 million dollars loan already gotten from China Exim Bank for the purpose, would help tackle some challenges encountered in the process of […]Read More
The Federal Government has approval the bearing of arms by personnel of Aviation Security (AVSEC) to enhance the National Civil Aviation Security Programme (NCASP). The approval has secured the support of the Aviation Round Table Safety Initiative (ART). The President of ART, Mr Gbenga Olowo, said on Wednesday in Lagos that the primary objective of […]Read More
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