Aviationages

Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, MMA2,  Lagos, being  operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) has been awarded  Nigeria’s   Best Domestic Terminal of The Year 2021 Award.  The prestigious award, which was handed over to BASL in Lagos on Sunday by organisers of the Nigeria Aviation Award (NIGAV), was in recognition of the many firsts which the terminal recorded in the year under review.  Ms Folake Odutola,   BASL’s Group Head of Strategy and Business Development (GHSBD),   while speaking commended the organisers of the event for the laudable initiative, noting that it will go a long way to encourage quality service delivery that will ultimately bring about meaningful development in the aviation industry. She stated that Bi-Courtney was more committed than ever to invest to keep the terminal functioning and continue to make it run effectively and efficiently for better passengers’ experience and safety. “The beauty of an airport terminal is to deliberately work to

  Emirates Airlines has suspended all its flights into the Murtala muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport, Abuja; both in Nigeria.   The Gulf carrier stated that condition that will warrant resumption of flights will be resolution entered into by the United Arab Emirate’s aviation regulatory body, General Civil Aviation Authority(GCAA) and its Nigerian counterpart, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA) base on the ongoing disagreement in view of the one flight per week condition to Emirates as a result of the same condition given to Air Peace of Nigeria by Sharjah Airport which Nigerian government felt it is unfair.   “With the recently imposed directive limiting Emirates to operate one flight per week to Nigeria via Abuja, Emirates will be completely suspending its flights between Nigeria and Dubai, until the Civil Aviation Authorities from both countries find a solution to the current ongoing issue,”said Emirates Spokesperson via a st

  To celebrate the yuletide, Dana Air has announced  N18,000 flash sales for passengers travelling from Asaba, Owerri and Enugu  to Lagos, valid till 31 December 2021.    The airline revealed this during a courtesy visit by AHS Aviation Handling Services Nigeria Limited to Dana Air's newly appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Sukhjinder Mann.    According to the Director of Aviation Handling Services (AHS), Sam Oluwole, "We are here to welcome Mr Sukhjinder Mann back to the Nigerian Aviation industry and to discuss challenges in the ground handling sector of the industry, business opportunities, infrastructure limitation of the airports and to assure him of our readiness and availability to support Dana Air at all times.''    "Mr Sukhjinder Mann is a Ground Handling Veteran, and has worked in various top management capacities in so many countries around the world including Africa and Europe and coming back to Nigeria to join the Management team of Dana Air as

At the just concluded  thirteenth ICAO Air Services Negotiation (ICAN2021) Event  hosted by the Aeronautica Civil of Colombia from 6 to 10 December 2021  in Bogota, Colombia, it was announced that Nigeria will be the next host of the 2022 edition.   In an acceptance response, Sen. Hadi Sirika, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation during the closing ceremony in Bogota said: “On behalf of the nation, it is more than an honour as we are considered as a good candidate that will host ICAN 2022. We accept this offer and I can assure you that you will have a very good time in the culture, the history, the people and places just as you did during RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) and IWAF/3 (ICAO World Aviation Forum 3). We thank you very much for this honour.”   Sirika said ICAN is an important idea by ICAO dealing with discussion bothering on air service negotiations. “ICAN is the solution and way to go. Imagine having to travel over countries  negotiating air services agreement and concludi

UAE Refused Air Peace 3 Slots Despite Getting 21 From Nigeria-Capt. Musa   Nigeria Government has again suspended Emirates Airlines flights to Lagos but approves only one-weekly flight to Abuja due to how Air Peace was treated by denying the country’s only airline flying to Sharjah in United Arab Emirate(UAE) 3 slots but approved only one-weekly flight.   The withdrawal on Emirates takes  effect from December 12, 2021, Emirates Airlines can now fly into Abuja (Nigeria) just once weekly on Thursdays, while its Lagos flight is suspended.   Capt. Musa Nuhu, the Director-General of NCAA, said that it withdrew the approval following the refusal of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to grant equal rights to the sole Nigerian carrier, Air Peace flying to Dubai via Sharjah.   Nuhu explained that Sen. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation had graciously granted Emirates Airlines 21 frequencies weekly to two major airports in Nigeria; Lagos, 14 and Abuja, seven.   He regretted that desp

  Air Peace has come out to debunk allegations going rounds concerning parity in air fares against South Eastern Nigerians, flying with it as the airline said there is no discrimination against the Igbos.   “ Air Peace does not discriminate against the South East. It is the same fare that is loaded for all the routes all over Nigeria ,” said the management.   “ The attention of Air Peace has been drawn to the orchestrated attacks on the airline on social media. Those doing this are ignorant of how ticket fare pricing is done. ,”says Air Peace management in its position made available to aviation journalists recently. “ It has become a pastime for our brothers from the South East to attack Allen Onyema and Air Peace, for their selfish ends. ”     Explaining painstakingly how fares are structured, Air Peace said: “ Our fares start from N23,000, and progresses to N60,000 which is our highest Economy Class fare. For a 136-seat capacity aircraft(12 Business and 124 Economy), the fare is all

In addition to its reputation in On-time Departure and Arrivals, 24 hours customer service among others, Dana Air is set to experience fresh initiatives and new perspective as   Mr Sukhjinder Paul Mann ,  the new Deputy Chief Executive Officer  appointed by the  Board of Directors of  the airline resumed duty.   Recently,  the Media and Communications Manager of Dana Air, Kingsley Ezenwa,  announced that  the new DCEO is expected to work with the team to bring new perspective and fresh initiatives to the role to further strengthen the management team.  ''Mr Sukhjinder Mann is a Briton and has worked with many leading commercial airlines in Africa and across the globe at a Senior Management and 'C’ Level executive roles and is no stranger to Nigerian aviation , ''  Ezenwa said.  ''He holds a B.A Honours in Economics and is CIMA trained, having 29 years of rich aviation experience in the areas of Airline Operations, Ground Handling, Airport Management, Finance

Arik Air  has announced its return with  daily flight operations from Lagos to Owerri and Asaba. from Wednesday, December 15, 2021    “ Both Owerri and Asaba flights will operate from the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 1 otherwise known as General Aviation Terminal (GAT). Flights from Lagos to Owerri will depart at 7:00 am while the inbound from Owerri will leave Sam Mbakwe Airport at 8:30am. Asaba flights will depart Lagos at 1:30pm while inbound flight leaves Asaba Airport at 3:00pm. ,” said  Adebanji Ola ,  P ublic  R elations and  Communications Manager  in a statement today.     Ola said t he resumption of flights to Owerri and Asaba is to enable customers celebrate the festive season with their family and friends.    “ As a caring airline, Arik Air also wants customers to have a safe and peaceful yuletide .  Customers are advised to book on line at  www.arikair.com  or download the Arik Air Mobile App or call 01 2799999 for reservations.  ”   Also,  Arik Air is increasing freq

The International Air Transport Association (IATA)   has  warned that the imposition of travel bans by governments, against the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO), could threaten the sector’s recovery.  It  announced that the recovery in air travel continued in October 2021 with broad-based improvements in both domestic and international markets. ​​“October’s traffic performance reinforces that people will travel when they are permitted to. Unfortunately, government responses to the emergence of the Omicron variant are putting at risk the global connectivity it has taken so long to rebuild,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.    “The lifting of the US restrictions on travel from some 33 countries last month raised hopes that a surge in pent-up travel demand would buoy traffic over the coming Northern Hemisphere winter. But the emergence of the Omicron variant panicked many governments into once again restricting or entirely removing the freedom to travel—even though

        The International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO,   i n line with the latest recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), ICAO issued a new global bulletin today urging a more measured and evidence-based approach to countries’ national air transport restrictions due to the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.   ICAO discouraged pre-emptive style which some countries are embarking on by abruptly restricting air passengers from certain countries “ Until more detailed assessments are available, the UN aviation agency is encouraging countries to continue combatting the spread of COVID-19, and specifically the Omicron variant, using the  recommendations and guidance contained in the ICAO Council Aviation Recovery Task Force’s (CART) Take-off Guidance for Air Travel through the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis, in addition to the third edition of ICAO’s  Manual on COVID-19 Cross-Border Risk Management ,”said ICAO.   The new bulletin was issued under the authority o

  Emirates  (EK)  will resume its passenger operations  on  between Dubai  to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja both in Nigeria  from 5 December 202 1 with daily services.     Emirates will operate to Abuja with EK 785 and 786. EK 785 will depart Dubai at 1100hrs, arriving in Abuja at 1540hrs. The return flight, EK 786 will take off from Abuja at 1900, arriving in Dubai at 0435hrs the next day.   Also,  flight EK 783 to Lagos will depart Dubai at 1030hrs, arriving in Lagos at 1540hrs. The return flight EK 784 will depart Lagos at 1810hrs, arriving in Dubai at 0415hrs the next day. All flights can be booked on  emirates.com , with OTAs and via travel agents.   The airline has also been working hard to provide up to date, comprehensive travel information to its customers, as well as speeding up processes on the ground through digital verification for Covid-19  via the IATA Travel Pass, as well as touchless check-in and biometric