Category: TRAVEL & AVIATION

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said airlines that wait until their Air Operator Certificates expire before renewing them will be grounded. According to the NCAA, its regulations require airline operators to renew their AOC’s at least 30 days before expiration. Some stakeholders in the aviation industry had at a recent conference in Lagos, faulted the AOC process. Airline operators, as required by the NCAA, renew their AOCs every two years. The Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, said, “There are five…

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Transport Canada at the weekend announced that all direct flights from Morocco will be barred until September 29, 2021, at the earliest. The ban has come after the country has seen an increase in positive test results in travelers arriving in Canada from Morocco over the past month. As a result of that decision, Transport Canada has issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTM) restricting all direct commercial and private passenger flights to Canada, going into effect at 00:01 EDT on Sunday, August 29, 2021. Flights that were already en route…

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Nigeria’s Air Peace airline has deepened its stronghold and expanded its wings in the North East with the launching of commercial flights into Gombe State from Lagos and Abuja. The airline has informed its teaming patrons that it will operate three weekly flights into the Gombe State. The Air Peace brand new E-195 aircraft with flight number P47443 from Lagos and Abuja to Gombe landed in grand style on Wednesday at the Gombe airport where several government dignitaries were present to welcome the flight. Speaking at a ceremony to mark…

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Hadi Sirika Nigeria’s Aviation Minister under President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that the federal government was committed to completing all the outstanding projects in the aviation industry before the terminal date of the present administration in 2023. The minister gave the assurance in his keynote address at the 25th annual conference of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) held recently in Lagos. The minister who was represented the commissioner and chief executive officer of the Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria (AIB-N), Mr. Akin Olateru, appealed to all the stakeholders…

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Apparently worried by the rapidly increasing domestic air fare and other operational cost of airline operations in the country, the House of Representatives has called on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele to create a special window for domestic operators to access foreign exchange. The lawmakers who spoke against the backdrop of CBN’s stoppage of sale of Forex to Bureau De Change operators in the country also expressed worry about the possible effect of the ban on operators that are struggling to survive. Speaking…

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Arik Air is resuming flight services to Warri from both Lagos and Abuja effective Tuesday, August 3, 2021. Flights between Abuja and Warri as well as between Lagos and Warri will operate four times weekly on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Similarly, Arik Air will be moving its Benin and Warri flights from the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 1 (otherwise known as GAT) to Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2, MMA2 effective Monday, August 2, 2021. All Arik flights departing to and arriving from both Benin and Warri will operate from…

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Air Peace has announced the resumption of flight operations into Banjul in the Gambia and Dakar in Senegal on July 23, 2021, to provide more options for regional connectivity. Stanley Olisa, the image maker of the airline who made the announcement in a news release issued to reporters, revealed that Banjul and Dakar flight services will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. He said the airline is glad to let the flying public know that Air Peace is reinstating its Lagos-Banjul, Dakar flight operations to offer more regional connectivity while…

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Air Peace airline has said it would resume both the Warri, Delta State scheduled flight operations and Freetown in faraway Sierra Leone flight operations from July 9 and 21, 2021, respectively. Warri is in oil-rich Delta State in the South—south part of Nigeria and the state is governed by Senator Ifeanyi Okowa of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of the topmost parties in Nigeria. Freetown on the other hand is a port city and the capital of Sierra Leone, in West Africa. It is known for its beaches and…

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The duo of Boeing and United Airlines have disclosed that the carrier will expand its 737 order by purchasing an additional 200 737 MAX jets, including 150 for the largest member of the family, the 737-10, and 50 for the airplane that serves the heart of the single-aisle market, the 737-8. The new purchase positions United’s fleet for growth and accelerating demand for air travel. United CEO Scott Kirby, in a statement said, “Our ‘United Next’ vision will revolutionise the experience of flying United as we accelerate our business to…

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