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United to airlift record 3.1 million combined international, domestic passengers over Labour Day Weekend

Posted on August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 by Wole Shadare

United is expecting to airlift around 3.1 million passengers over the Labour Day travel period between Thursday, August 28 and Tuesday, September 2 – about 220,000 more than last year. This would be the most passengers the airline has ever flown over the Labour Day holiday. The carrier also expects about 50 million people will have flown United this June, July and August – a new record high. The breakdown shows that the carrier will…

Ethiopian Airlines to add three extra flights to Abuja from October 28

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Africa’s most profitable airline, Ethiopian Airlines, is expanding its route network in Africa and has chosen to add three extra weekly flights to the daily flights already operating out of Abuja. Its decision to foray into routes with some of the best equipment has set it apart, as it matches competition with capacity and ambition to retain its spot as one of the best airlines in the world, with Nigeria serving as its preferred market…

NCAA directs airlines to amend security programmes, airplane mode no longer permitted

Posted on August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said all mobile phones must be completely switched off during flight take-off and landing. In an X post on Tuesday, Michael Achimugu, the NCAA’s director of public affairs and consumer protection, said the regulation concerning phones and other electronic devices in Nigeria has now been unified. The development comes after the agency’s emergency meeting with stakeholders on Tuesday. “All phones must be switched off during the critical aspects of…

Access to single-digit interest rate, key to airlines’ survival-Onyema

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Chairman of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema, has stated that the survival of the country’s carriers is tied to access to single-digit interest loans, stressing that “no airline will fail in the country if given such funding support. He called for a complete overhaul of aviation financing in Nigeria, warning that the current system, where airlines borrow at interest rates as high as 35% is “a death sentence” for the industry. Speaking at the 29th…

ValueJet to expand regional network, opens Accra, Cotonou, Malabo routes

Posted on August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 by Wole Shadare

ValueJet, a growing private Nigerian carrier, has concluded plans to launch a hat trick of routes from its hub in Lagos to Cotonou, Benin Republic, Accra, Ghana, and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, less than three years after commencing scheduled flight operations. The airline kick-started its foray into regional operations with the launch of direct flights to Banjul, The Gambia, from Lagos on May 15, 2025, underlying its ambitious regional route expansion plans. The carrier’s…

AON break ranks, member says ban on Emmanson for review, decision hasty, denied fair hearing

Posted on August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Bernard says AON owes her apology A senior member of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) and the President/CEO of Topbrass Aviation Limited, Roland Iyayi, said Comfort Emmanson, the passenger who assaulted an Ibom Air cabin crew member, was not given a fair hearing before the airline group slammed a no-flight ban on her. Iyayi Iyayi, who spoke to Aviation Metric, said that what he has seen, the airline board would review the ban,…

BASL boss, Jibodu, tasks govt to encourage investments with PPP support

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Chief Operating Officer, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Remi Jibodu, has called on the Federal Government to encourage existing Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). The support of such ventures, he said, would greatly encourage more people to invest not only in aviation but in other sectors that the government may not have the ready resources to invest in. Jibodu The MMA2 concession agreement under the Build Operate and Transfer…

ValueJet enters agreement to manage, operate Cally Air’s CRJ 1000 jets

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

ValueJet, a growing private Nigerian carrier, has entered into a sub-lease and operational services agreement with Cally Air (the Cross River State–owned airline) under which ValueJet will manage and operate two Bombardier CRJ1000 regional jets on behalf of Cally Air. Under the sub-lease, ValueJet will be responsible for the day-to-day operating functions for the two CRJ1000s. It is understood that the leases are formally held by ValueJet, which will operate under ValueJet’s Air Operator Certificate…

Ibom Air places travel restriction on irate passenger Emmanson over assault on cabin crew

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Passenger arrested Ibom Air has given a detailed report of how a passenger, Ms. Comfort Emmanson, on its flight, assaulted one of the crew members of the airline. Consequently, the airline has placed travel restrictions on the passenger for her disruptive behaviour and assault on its crew member. The airline in a statement on Monday said the conduct of Emmanson on its flight to Lagos from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, posed a serious threat…

Olowo-Sokeye: Aviation Can’t Fly Without Finance

Posted on August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Finance analyst, Mary Olowo-Sokeye, has called for bold and innovative funding strategies to reverse the operational inefficiencies threatening the sustainability of the aviation sector. Speaking at the 29th League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) annual aviation seminar with theme, “Financing Aviation in Nigeria: Risks, Opportunities and Prospects,” which drew a high-powered audience of policymakers, airline executives, regulators, financiers, and infrastructure experts, she said aviation is the lifeblood of trade and tourism—but without financing, it simply cannot fly. Representing…

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