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Fresh diplomatic row brews as Minister writes UK over Heathrow slot, may bar BA from prime airports

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Fresh diplomatic row brews as Minister writes UK over Heathrow slot, may bar BA from prime airports

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo has written to his British counterpart and lodged a formal complaint over the refusal of the British authorities to allow Air Peace to fly to Heathrow Airport. Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace currently flies to a second-tier airport, Gatwick because of the slot system which is beyond the British authorities. This may lead to a diplomatic row if the Minister remove British Airways to…

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Nigeria writes UK for tier one airport for Nigerian airlines

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Nigeria writes UK for tier one airport for Nigerian airlines

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo said that the Federal Government has written to the United Kingdom to allow Nigerian carriers particularly Air Peace operate to  Heathrow Airport. The Minister who spoke at the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) seminar in Lagos on Friday said Nigeria would no longer allow a situation where the country’s airlines are not allowed to tier one airports overseas in line with the Bilateral…

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UK aviation authorities file report against Air Peace over Gatwick Airport safety violations

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UK aviation authorities file report against Air Peace over Gatwick Airport safety violations

…Airline risks fine, NCAA writes carrier, seeks corrective action plan on findings   The London Gatwick Airport has filed two mandatory occurrence reports to the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) against Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace’s operations at the airport. In safety violation documents entitled, “United  Kingdom SAFA Ramp Inspection Report with reference number: CAA-UK, -2024-0217’ and ‘NATS Management System  Safety Report’ seen by Aviation Metric itemized the carrier’s safety violations at the Gatwick…

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