The British High Commission on Sunday maintained that the United Kingdom would not reverse its travel ban on Nigeria despite a threat of retaliation by the Federal Government. The High Commission spokesman, Dean Hurlock, said this in response to a statement by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, that the UK, Canada and Saudi Arabia […]
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Airlines To Refund Passengers’ Ticket Costs Over Flight Delay
The Federal Government on Thursday directed that airline operators in the country to ensure full refund of travel tickets costs to passengers after a two-hour delay. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, while making this disclosure at the weekly State House media briefing at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, spoke on the rights of aviation passengers and […]
Reps Postpone Aviation Ministry’s Budget Consideration
The House of Representatives on Thursday refused to consider the 2021 budget proposal of the Ministry of Aviation following the delayed submission of the estimates to the Legislature. The fiscal papers supporting the budget estimates were submitted to the Committee on Aviation barely an hour to the budget defence session. The Chairman of the Committee […]
FG shifts international flights’ resumption to Sept 5
The Federal Government on Thursday postponed the international flights scheduled to commence on 29th August, 2020 to 5th September 2020. Disclosing this on its twitter handle, the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Nigeria, apologised to Nigerians over the recent development. It twitted: “Breaking: Regret to announce that the international flight resumption earlier scheduled to resume on […]