Emirates airline says ‘substantial’ ticket revenue trapped in Nigeria
March 24, 2023 Emirates Airline has a “substantial” amount of ticket sale revenue trapped in Nigeria and has made only slow progress in repatriating blocked funds out of Africa’s biggest…
Nigeria aims to release all foreign airlines’ funds – minister
March 23, 2023 Nigeria aims to get all the money from foreign airlines’ ticket sales out of the country and it is already paying the airlines, albeit only in trickles,…
Over $743.7m Foreign Airlines’ Funds Blocked In Nigeria – IATA
March 15, 2023 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that foreign airlines’ blocked funds in Nigeria have risen to over 743.7 million dollars. According to Channels television report…
No law prevents government from setting up a National Carrier – FG
Nov. 16, 2022 Capt. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, on Tuesday, said there is no law preventing the Federal Government from setting up a National Carrier, known as Nigeria…
Abuja airport second runway to be completed by November 2023 – Sirika
Nov. 4, 2022 The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, on Thursday in Abuja said that the construction of a second runway at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) would be…
FG names preferred bidders for int’l airports concession programme
October 27, 2022 The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the selected preferred and reserve bidders for the country’s airports concession. Sen. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, made the…
SANWO-OLU OFFICIALLY RECEIVES FEDERAL APPROVAL LETTER FOR LEKKI-EPE AIRPORT
October 12, 2022 …‘Lagos Now On The Race To The Future’ – Gov The federal approval recently granted the Lagos State Government to embark on the development of a passenger…
Nigeria re-elected ICAO council part 2 member
October 3, 2022 The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council has re-elected Nigeria as part 2 member at its on-going 41st General Assembly in Montreal, Canada. This is contained in…
Nigeria to consider China’s C919 plane for new airline, Nigeria Air
Nigeria would consider buying China’s newly-certified C919 passenger jet as it grows the country’s fledgling carrier Nigeria Air to 30 planes by around 2025, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on…
Ethiopian Airlines consortium wins bid for Nigeria Air
A consortium led by Ethiopian Airlines is the preferred bidder for shares in new Nigerian airline Nigeria Air, the country’s aviation minister said on Friday. The airline was one of…