Aircraft

January 08, (THEWILL) – In a significant feat of engineering, the Nigerian Air Force has successfully reactivated a Dornier DO-228 aircraft that had been grounded at the DANA facility in Kaduna since 2001. The announcement, made by NAF Spokesman, Air...

August 23, (THEWILL) – Barely a week after the seizure of three presidential aircraft through a French Court order by a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, the firm has again confiscated another Nigerian government jet in...

August 16, (THEWILL) – Nigeria has initiated legal and diplomatic steps to ensure the release of its three presidential aircraft seized under a French court order. THEWILL earlier reported the ex parte orders issued by the Judicial Court of Paris...

August 14, (THEWILL) - A Nigerian Airforce aircraft, MI-171 Helicopter, on Monday afternoon, crashed in Niger State. The NAF, in a statement by its Spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said the helicopter was on a casualty evacuation mission before it...

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), has asked stakeholders and professionals in the country’s aviation industry to desist from speculating and making comments on the ill-fated Jabiru J430 aircraft, which occurred on Oba Akran Avenue, Lagos on Tuesday. Mr Tunji...

July 21, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it is expecting 51 additional platforms to boost counter-insurgency and counterterrorism operations in the country. Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Vice Marshal Hasan Abubakar, disclosed this in Makurdi, the...

Over the years, Lloyd's of London was the first to make it possible to offer insurance in aviation. Ever since, aviation insurance has now become one of the largest sub-sectors in the global insurance market. Despite the boom in...

Insurance premiums paid on aircraft, especially the wide-body type, are decreasing due to a new perception of Nigeria's safety records. Safety records so far achieved by the country in the last couple of years had brought the insurance...