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BRITISH Airways (BA) has agreed to enter into a partnership with the Nigerian government to develop the local aviation industry in a bid to end the ongoing spat between the two parties.

GERMAN airline Lufthansa is denying liability for the payment of $14m demanded of it by the Nigerian senate because it signed a waiver agreement with the federal government in 2008 which exempted it from paying royalties.

NIGERIA’S high commissioner to the United Kingdom Dr Dalhatu Tafida has called on foreign missions to end the ongoing practice of making money off innocent Nigerians by denying them visas only to ask them only to ask them to apply again and pay a fresh fee.

NIGERIA’S aviation ministry is stepping up plans to register four new domestic airlines next year in a desperate bid to increase competition across the sector and improve the quality of customer service.

FORMER Air Nigeria employees have taken the airline’s management to an industrial court claiming illegal and wrongful termination of their employment and the non-payment of their entitlements.

FOREIGN minister Gbenga Ashiru has reiterated that his ministry will not shy away from its responsibility of looking after the diaspora and protecting Nigerians living abroad whenever necessary.

PLANS have been completed for the launch of a new national carrier that will involve joint ownership between Nigerian shareholders and an international airline with officials now awaiting the approval of President Jonathan.

FOREIGN airlines flying into Nigeria have expressed concern about the flooding of the runway at Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos whenever it rains adding that it is both dangerous and costly.

AIRLINE operators have accused Arik Air of showing bad faith with its recent decision to ban the managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) form using any of its flights.

ARIK Air has banned the managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from using all its flights amid signs that the airline’s ongoing dispute with the government is far from over.