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Ahead of the expected closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for the repairs of the runway beginning from March 8th 2017, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has commenced the upgrading of navigational facilities at the Kaduna airport to absorb the increased volume of traffic to be diverted from Abuja. Towards this end the agency is deploying both equipment and personnel to strategic areas of need to ensure a seamless flow of traffic at…

*Airline almost an empty shell-New Management     For Arik Air to come back to full operations, it new management of the carrier needs to clean the Augean stable as the airline would require N10 billion to do so.   This was the view of the Managing Director of the airline, Capt. Roy Ukpebo Ilegbodu adding that the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has discovered deep rooted rot at Arik Airlines, which would require…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has attributed the Qatar Airways incident of last week Thursday to bird strike which it said hit the number one engine of the aircraft. The NCAA, in a statement by its spokesman, Sam Adurogboye said the Qatar Airways A330 aircraft with registration number AD-AED, Flight no. 1408 scheduled operation from Lagos to Doha received a push back to take off from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) at 14.45hrs…

In the wake of Arik’s financial mess and eventual take over, airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have raised concern over multiple taxes, charges and levies inflicted on them by government that has threatened their existence.   The operators who are showing panic over Arik’s predicament stated that in this time of economic hardship in the nation, it is rather unfortunate that the system has failed to recognize airlines area…

*Creditors get payment assurance     Within 48 hours of intervention by the government, Arik Air is receiving assistance to be able to offer smooth flight services.  A source close to the carrier and the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) told Woleshadare.net that contrary to what was previously recorded, Arik have debts in huge amounts, in excess of N300 billion, especially with some banks, excluding fuel suppliers, lessors and maintenance companies.  Sources say following it’s…

Aviation think tank, Aviation Round Table (ART) yesterday said treating the Arik Air’s case in isolation would be to trivialize the magnitude of the problem, saying they all saw it coming     On Thursday, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) took over the carrier. The takeover would help to save over 2,000 jobs as the carrier is seriously ailing.   President ART, Elder Gbenga Olowo said going back to almost 40 years, Government…

First it was Hollywood, then Bollywood and now Delta Air Lines is bringing Nollywood to the skies with Nigerian-made movies on board its flights.   The genre is being rolled out across Delta’s in-flight entertainment system Delta Studio and will be complete in April.    The first films to be shown will be Bambitiousand A Place Called Happy, with more titles coming later in the year.    The movies will be available on 339 aircraft flying both…

The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over Arik Air over huge indebtedness running into several billions of naira.   For some time now, the airline, which carries about 55 per cent of the load in the country, has been going through difficult times that are attributable to its bad corporate governance, erratic operational challenges, inability to pay staff salaries and heavy debt burden among other issues, which led to the call for authorities…

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s the largest and fastest growing African airline, proudly announces that it received its third Airbus A350 XWB on February 1st, 2017. The aircraft is named after Erta Ale, a large basaltic shield volcano located in the Afar Region of north-eastern Ethiopia. Group CEO Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam said, “As part of our continuous fleet modernization program, we have now phased in a third Airbus A350 XWB 900. Both the B-787 Dreamliner and the…

Security operatives stormed the headquarters of Arik at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.   While security operatives and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) visited the airline, aggrieved passengers of the airline also stormed the airline’s headquarters to demand for the refund of their air ticket fares.   The carrier has been in the news for the wrong reasons in the past six months. It has been embroiled in activities that have affected its…