Category: Aviation

The reduction of airfare of Lagos to London route by Air Peace has ignited price war in the aviation industry thereby raising concerns over the seeming move by foreign airlines to run the Nigerian carrier out of business. Already, there are mixed feelings in the industry over the sudden reduction of prices beyond normal rate. Many believe the development may not have been informed by genuine concern for passengers, but a retaliatory move against Air Peace for earlier crashing the exorbitant prices the airlines charged. Depending on the airline and…

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The family of the late former Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, who was killed in a Southern California helicopter crash in February filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, against the US helicopter company. The former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son were also onboard the ill-fated helicopter. The Ogunbanjo family stated that the flight should have been grounded because of treacherous weather. In February, Wigwe, his wife and his son died following a helicopter crash in California near the Nevada border,…

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A United Nigeria plane which took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos and was meant to carry passengers to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, landed at the Asaba Airport in Delta State. The incident which happened on Sunday threw many passengers into confusion as some of them said upon landing at the Asaba airport, the crew still announced to them that they had arrived at Abuja. One of the passengers, who gave her name simply as Thelma, said she thought she was dreaming and had to take…

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Minister Festus Keyamo has instructed international airlines to leave Murtala Muhammed International Airport by October 1, 2023, for necessary maintenance work. He made this announcement during an airport tour in Lagos, accompanied by FAAN’s Kabir Yusuf Mohammed. He also suspended all aviation contracts and projects, directing companies to operate from the new terminal, MMIA Terminal 2, until further notice. Share on: WhatsApp

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The Nigeria Air Force has officially confirmed the crash of one of its trainer aircraft in Makurdi, the capital of Benue State. The incident occurred on Friday evening during a routine training exercise. According to a statement issued by Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Director of Public Relations and Information for the Nigerian Air Force, the FT-7NI trainer aircraft crashed at approximately 4:15 pm. Fortunately, both pilots on board successfully ejected from the aircraft and survived the crash. There were no reported casualties or damage to property in the vicinity…

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The launch of Nigeria Air by the Muhammadu Buhari administration was said to be a fraud done in secrecy. This was made known by the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, yesterday. It specifically accused the outgone Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, of not carrying the National Assembly along in the whole process of establishing the national carrier. Chairman of the committee, Nnolim Nnaji, stated this during a rescheduled investigative hearing on the controversial launch of the airline in Abuja. At the meeting, major stakeholders in the deal involving the…

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Operations of domestic flights were disrupted in Lagos, yesterday, as aviation union members made good their threat to picket Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal II (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL). The action, which began at 2:30 a.m., with cordoning of the two access gates into MMA2, caught airlines unawares, disrupting plans scheduled for the day. With hordes of passengers stranded and losses in millions already incurred, Azman Air and United Nigeria Airline (UNA), by midday, migrated operations to the nearby General Aviation Terminal (GAT). The aviation workers’ union,…

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