Transportation

Government Recommends Consolidation for Aviation Industry

Owing to the high costs of operation attributable to companies in the aviation industry, the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah has advised airline companies to take a serious look at mergers and ...

Calls for Boycott as British Airlines Refuse to Back down on Exorbitant Ticket Prices

The British Airlines alleged by government officials to be involved in exorbitant price fixing in Nigeria have made it quite clear that they do not intend to reduce their fares anytime soon. ...

NCAA to issue regulation on Air passengers’ Bill of Rights

Many Nigerian air carriers such as Aero are notorious for arbitrarily cancelling passenger’s flights without adequate notification or provision of alternatives for such passengers. Respite may be coming soon as the Nigerian ...

Senate Probes British Airways, Virgin: Lagos to London First-Class Return Tickets Cost N 1.7 M

The Senate has condemned the exorbitant and arbitrary charges British air carriers place on Nigerian passengers who purchase premium airline tickets for travel to and from London. First class return tickets cost ...

Nigeria gives BA, Virgin Atlantic ultimatum on fares

Nigeria has given airlines British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic 30 days to lower fares or face a ban from flying to the West African nation, its aviation minister said on Monday. ...

Nigeria, GE discuss prospect of locomotive assembly plant

General Electric of Brazil may soon set up a locomotive assembly plant in Lagos to speed up the transformation programme of the rail mode of transportation in Nigeria. This was the high ...

Lagos-Ibadan railway to cost $1.5b – Idris Umar

The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, yesterday said about $1.5billion is required for the modernisation of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Line. He also said the Federal Government will review the Railway Act ...

Power Breakdown Disrupt Flights in Nigeria

Airline operations were shut down last night at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja due to power breakdown which destroyed the air field lighting, as well as runway and taxi lights. The breakdown led ...

Nigerian airlines lose N2.5bn annually to foreign trainers — NCAA

Nigerian airlines lose at least N2.5bn annually to foreign firms engaged in routine training of the nation’s pilots, the Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Harold Demuren, has said. Pilots’ simulator training, ...

Panel Dismisses NCAA’s $235 Million Fine Against British Airlines despite Evidence of Guilt

The Justice Oguntade led panel instituted by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to determine the veracity of the $235 million fine imposed on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic for price fixing ...