Tag: national carrier

FG denies planning to convert Arik to national carrier

The Federal Government has denied speculations that it intends to make Arik Airline the country's national carrier. On Thursday the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) took over the airline,…

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Opinion: How Tourism’s growth is tied to Aviation

by Rex Showunmi Early in life while studying Homer’s Ilyad and the history of Ancient Greek, especially the story of Achilles and all the adventures that checkered the ten years…

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Ex-Nigeria Airways workers stage protest, vow to sabotage Nigerian Eagle

by Akintomiwa Agbaje File Photo Hundreds of  workers, of the now defunt Nigeria Airways, protested yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, threatening to mar the launch of a new…

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It’s official! This is what the new national carrier, Nigerian Eagle looks like (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo There were reports from last week that prominent airline Aero Contractors has filled in the slot for a Nigerian national carrier and have been renamed Nigerian Eagle…

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Aero Contractors to be named national carrier, changes name to ‘Nigerian Eagle’

by Adeola Balogun The long wait for a Nigerian national carrier might soon be over as reports have it that prominent airline Aero Contractors is set to fill the slot.…

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Opinion: Stella Oduah and the fang of armchair critics

by Abubakar AbduRahman Unfortunately, because many critics have laid in ambush for the minister, series of recent happenings in the sector have been snatched by political jobbers as an opportunity…

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TICKER: ‘God forbid bad thing’? Lufthansa, Air France reject FG offer to be national carrier

The Federal Government is in desperate search for investors among foreign airlines to partner with it to establish a new national carrier for the country; findings by our correspondent have…

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