The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced on Wednesday the suspension of the planned national carrier, Nigeria Air. The minister tweeted on his Twitter handle, @hadisirika: “I regret to announce that the Federal Executive Council has taken the tough decision to suspend the National Carrier Project in the interim. All commitments due will be […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has warned that the nation’s airspace surveillance system, known as Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON), may collapse due to lack of spare parts. The agency’s Managing Director, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, who gave the warning at aviation stakeholders’ interactive forum held on Tuesday in Lagos, called all the Federal […]
There are strong indications that the Federal Government may not have selected equity partners for the 95% equity of the about to the floated national carrier – Nigeria Air Media reports indicated that a document sourced from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, which debunked speculations in certain section of the social media that the […]
The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, today performed the branding and livery for Nigeria’s new national carrier ‘Nigeria Air’ scheduled for official launch by December this year. The minister, who spoke at a press conference at the Farnborough Air Show, said that the event demonstrated that the Federal Government was on track in its […]
The Federal Government has concluded plans to fully implement air safety recommendations released by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). Giving this hint on Tuesday in Abuja when he received the report of the Safety Recommendation Committee headed by the Commissioner of AIB, Mr. Akin Olateru, Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, recalled that the […]