AVIATION
Oyetola Lists Successes After 3yrs, Promises More Infrastructure
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has listed his achievements in the last three years and pledged to deliver on all his electoral promises. In his 3rd anniversary broadcast recently, Oyetola who was sworn in on November 27, 2018, said his administration has kept faith with the people and maintained fidelity with his electoral promises. Noting …read more →
Commencement of Operations: Sirika Sets New Deadline for Air Nigeria
Nigeria’s new national carrier will commence operations within the first three months of 2022, the minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has said. Sirika, who spoke to journalists at the State House after the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), said the national carrier will run in partnership with the private …read more →
Nigeria Approves N59.35b for Roads and Aviation Projects
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved N59.350 billion for roads and aviation projects across the country. Addressing State House correspondents on the memoranda presented during the weekly FEC meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola said his memorandum was …read more →
FG Commits N78.96 billion on Aviation Infrastructure Development Roadmap in 2021
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has said that Nigeria would commit N78.96 billion on Aviation Infrastructure Development Roadmap in 2021 noting that the emphasis would be on the implementation of the Aviation Roadmap as approved by President Muhammad Buhari. Sirika who was responding to questions from the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation …read more →
Ibom Air Set to Commence Daily Commercial Flights from Enugu to Lagos and Abuja, September 14th
The nation’s fastest growing airline, Ibom Air, is set to commence daily commercial flights from Lagos and Abuja to Enugu, from Monday September 14th, 2020. This is a significant milestone for the airline which began operations last year and presently flies to 4 major cities in Nigeria including Abuja. Enugu becomes the airline’s 5th domestic …read more →
Ibom Air Targets Post-Crisis Boom in Nigeria’s Aviation Market
Ibom Air is planning to add another domestic route in the coming weeks as management re-boot efforts to transform Nigeria’s under-exploited civil aviation market. The start-up carrier began operations in June 2019 with funding from the government of Akwa Ibom, the country’s largest oil-producing state. Its network was grounded during the onset of the Covid-19 …read more →
China-Developed World’s Largest Amphibious Aircraft Completes Maiden Flight From Sea.
China’s indigenously-developed AG600 large amphibious aircraft succeeded in its maiden flight over sea on Sunday morning in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, its developer announced. The aircraft took off from the sea off Qingdao at 10:18 a.m. and completed the test flight after flying for about 31 minutes, said state-owned plane-maker Aviation Industry Corporation of …read more →