Tag: Hadi Sirika

The airline laid off some of its pilots due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bristow Helicopters on Tuesday announced the laying off of about 100 pilots and engineers

The flight at the time was approved for a different purpose than flying Naira Marley and others.

Airports at Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri, Maiduguri, Lagos and Abuja had been reopened for flight operations.

Minister said the former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, the governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Fintiri, and the publisher ...

The aviation minister says the rehabilitation of the runway has reached between 90 and 95 per cent completion.

None of the organisers of the concert has also been arrested or prosecuted.

The Abuja and Lagos airports are expected to resume domestic operations on July 8.

Nigeria shut its airports to non-essential flights in March, to check the spread of COVID-19.

An Aero Contractors aircraft conducted a test flight between Abuja and Lagos on Saturday morning

FAAN's headquarters is now at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja

The Minister of Aviation had ordered all the agencies under the ministry to relocate their head office to Abuja within ...

The minister said the flight was approved for a different purpose.

The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja currently has one runway.

“We caused them to pay and reported their callous misdemeanour to UK CAA, MFA and the UK High Commission,” the ...

The minister also said the aircraft has been impounded in Lagos.

Nigeria says the move is to enable the nation curb the spread of the coronavirus.

The affected aviation agencies include the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), among others.

Mr Sirika said several airlines may not be able to recover and resume flight operations due to the huge losses.

The minister said workers in the aviation industry were among the hardest hit economically by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Nigerian government shut all international airports in the country on March 23.

The PDP senator says he supports the actions of the Rivers governor.

The minister said besides the federal government, "no other person had the legal rights to legislate on civil aviation".

The Foreign Affairs Minister says the ministry will respond accordingly if request for evacuation is made to it.

“The work would have been completed in a few weeks time," the minister said.