The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the leasing of three aircrafts by the country’s national carrier, known as ‘Nigeria Air’ to enable it to commence operations.
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this yesterday while briefing newsmen after the FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Federal Government had disclosed that Nigeria Air will commence operations with three wet-leased aircraft. Sirika said Nigeria Air will start with domestic flights before expanding to international routes.
While reacting to the issue of airline shut down such as Aero Contractors, Sirika said: “Aero Contractors at the moment have on their own chosen to shut down to rejig the airline internally”.
Last month, the national carrier received the Air Transport Licence (ATL) to commence operation; however, no date has been announced yet.
Sirika also said the Council approved the sum of N707,962,864.83 (€1,506,285.7) for the deployment of investigation tools by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) in the aviation sector.
