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Tinubu Approves 30% Debt Relief For Airlines

Kazeem Tunde — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:07:33 +0000

Tinubu Approves 30% Debt Relief For Airlines President Bola Tinubu has approved a 30 per cent discount on outstanding statutory fees owed by domestic airlines to aviation agencies. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Kayamo, disclosed on Friday in Abuja. In a statement signed by Mr Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on […]

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Airfares Drop As Foreign Carriers Unblock Low-priced Tickets

Kazeem Tunde — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 11:58:51 +0000

Airfares Drop As Foreign Carriers Unblock Low-priced Tickets Foreign airlines operating in Nigeria have begun to unblock their low-priced fares on Nigerian routes as the Central Bank of Nigeria completes the payment of about $7bn backlog, which includes over $700m unremitted ticket revenue. The CBN had about two weeks ago announced the completion of payment […]

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Egua Heads FG’s 10-man Panel To Probe Foreign Airlines Over High Fares

Kazeem Tunde — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 04:40:32 +0000

Egua Heads FG’s 10-man Panel To Probe Foreign Airlines Over High Fares In a bid to make air travel more affordable for Nigerians, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, has set up a 10-man committee to probe foreign airlines over skyrocketing fares. This was disclosed in a press statement released to journalists on Thursday, signed […]

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Airlines To Pay Compensation For Delayed, Canceled Flights- Minister

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:42:36 +0000

Airlines To Pay Compensation For Delayed, Canceled Flights- Minister The Ministry of Aviation, says it is working on plans to ensure that commercial airlines operating in Nigeria pay compensate to passengers for delayed or canceled flights as from January. The Minister of Aviation, Mr Festus Keyamo, said this when he appeared before the Joint […]

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Airlines Must Have Minimum Of Six Airplanes- NCAA

Kazeem Tunde — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 14:29:47 +0000

Airlines Must Have Minimum Of Six Airplanes- NCAA The Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Musa Nuhu, has disclosed that the recently introduced civil aviation regulation, requiring a minimum of six aircraft for start-up airlines, is intentionally implemented to safeguard the viability and stability of incoming airlines within the aviation sector. Nuhu […]

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Two Airlines Ban TikTok On Employee Devices

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 05:06:29 +0000

Two Airlines Ban TikTok On Employee Devices Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines have both implemented bans on the video-sharing app TikTok for their employees, according to Simply Flying, an online aviation news platform. Delta Air Lines recently announced that it was prohibiting the use of TikTok on phones connected to its work network. This […]

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Foreign Airlines Plan Meeting With FG Over Trapped Funds

Kazeem Tunde — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 05:33:47 +0000

Foreign Airlines Plan Meeting With FG Over Trapped Funds The Switzerland-based global airline body-International Air Transport Association-on Sunday warned that rapidly rising levels of blocked funds were a threat to airline connectivity in Nigeria and some affected countries. IATA disclosed that the industry’s blocked funds had increased by 47 per cent to $2.27bon in […]

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Foreign Airlines Trapped Funds Hit $743m

Kazeem Tunde — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:51:13 +0000

Foreign Airlines Trapped Funds Hit $743m The International Air Transport Association, on Tuesday, disclosed that the trapped funds belonging to foreign airlines operating in Nigeria have reached $743,721,097 from $662m in January 2023. IATA disclosed this in a letter addressed to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, signed by the Area Manager West and […]

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Airlines Urge Govts To Test Aircraft Wastewater, Not Passengers For COVID-19

Kazeem Tunde — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 19:21:32 +0000

Airlines Urge Govts To Test Aircraft Wastewater, Not Passengers For COVID-19 EU adopts pre-departure testing of passengers from China World airlines have lamented the European Union’s (EU) joint imposition of a negative COVID-19 test result for passengers travelling between China and the EU. The airlines, under the coalition of Airlines for Europe (A4E), International […]

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Airline Operators Suspend Planned Flights Shutdown

Kazeem Tunde — Sun, 08 May 2022 19:20:15 +0000

Airline Operators Suspend Planned Flights Shutdown Airline operators in the country on Sunday said they would not continue with the planned suspension of flight operations as earlier announced. The body clarified that their decision followed intervention by the government with promises to dialogue with operators in seeking lasting solutions to the astronomic rise in the […]

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