aviation:

2023: Chidoka Lambasts Wike Over ‘Anti-Party’ Activities

October 19, 2022 4:07 am

Mr. Osita Chidoka who is a former Minister of Aviation has asserted that endorsement of candidates from other political parties is something that is very much ‘consistent’ with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s style of politics.

Chidoka who appeared on a TV program on Tuesday night was speaking in reaction to the endorsement of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwolu for a second term by Wike.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Governor Wike had given an endorsement during a conference of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State officials in Lagos on Monday.

Chidoka, who is also a special …

North Korea Defends Missile Launches, Lambasts U.S.

October 8, 2022 6:11 am

North Korea has provided a defense for its recent spate of ballistic missile launches describing it as a legitimate defence against what it described as a threat by the United States military forces which has run for over a decade.

The missile launches had also not in anyway harmed the safety of civil aviation or posed a threat to neighbouring countries, North Korea’s State-run KCNA news agency said on Saturday, citing officials and a statement from the country’s aviation authorities.

Pyongyang’s statement is coming on the heels of a …

Dangote Refinery Will End Aviation Fuel Scarcity – Sirika

May 18, 2022 3:55 am

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has claimed that the scarcity of jet A1 and its high cost will become history in the country once the Dangote and Port Harcourt refineries begin operation.

According to him, the issues surrounding aviation fuel can only get sustainable solutions after these refineries come online. He disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents on Tuesday.

He said, ‘The scarcity and high cost of Jet A1 in civil aviation, is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is a global phenomenon driven by many factors. Some of them include even low capacity to refine the product.

“It …

Please Don’t Shut Down Airline Operations, FG Appeals To AON

May 8, 2022 2:01 am

In the aftermath of the threat by Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON to down tools on Monday owing to high cost of aviation fuel, the federal government has appealed the union to give it time to explore means of resolving the challenge.

Minister of Aviation made the plea in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, James Odaudu.

The statement read: “The attention of the Honourable Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has been drawn to reports that the nation’s air transportation system will be disrupted as from Monday May 9th, 2022, following threats by airline operators …

Aviation Fuel: Senate Wades In, Appeals To Airline Operators

March 16, 2022 5:17 am

Following the crisis in the aviation sector caused by the high cost of Aviation fuel (Jet – A1), the Senate Committee on Aviation, on Tuesday held an emergency interface with airline operators, over an imminent downing of tools from Friday.

Africa Daily News, New York had on Monday reported that the airline operators had at an interface with members of the Aviation Committee in the House of Representatives, threatened to stop operations within 72 hours if the cost of Aviation fuel was not urgently brought down to ₦400 per litre as against ₦670 it is, or financial bailout …

The Path To Grow Nigeria’s Aviation

January 18, 2020 4:37 pm

For a long time, aviation stakeholders have been expressing concern over the stagnant or retarding predicament of this massive sector, considering our natural, human and economic potentials. Perhaps based on these factors, including the $1.3 billion annually repatriated by foreign airlines, Senator Hadi Sirika put out a plan over four years ago to set up a national airline.

Various media reports said Qatar Airways and Ethiopian Airlines were jointly or separately likely technical partners. However following a mock up launch of the carrier at the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom about two years, the project suffered a mild …

US Aviation Chief Says Boeing 737 MAX Won’t Be Re-Certified

December 11, 2019 4:10 pm

The top US air transport regulator on Wednesday doused Boeing’s hopes that its 737 MAX will return to the skies this year while lawmakers probed why the agency did not ground the plane after the first of two crashes.

In an interview just ahead of a congressional hearing on the crashes, Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson told CNBC the aircraft will not be cleared to fly before 2020.

The process for approving the MAX’s return to the skies still has 10 or 11 milestones left to complete, including a certification flight and a public comment period on pilot training …