FG PERMITS NIGERIA AIR TO LEASE AIRCRAFTS TO BEGIN OPERATIONS

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the lease of three Airbus and Boeing aircraft by Nigeria air to begin operations. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, announced this after the federal cabinet meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said: “I said that we are starting with three aircraft, for the first instance, to do the runs, and then we progress. As to the make and type, we will be having eventually a mix of the two, the Air Buses and the Boeings. And this will start as a domestic airline. And then it will, of course, grow to become regional and international and also intercontinental. On timeline, it is a process we’re progressing. We will announce the commencement date soon,” noted Sirika.