Airbus A319neo debuts, takes to the skies

Airbus A319neo debuts, takes to the skies

The first Airbus A319neo performed its maiden flight today, The smallest member of the A320neo Family, powered by CFM International LEAP-1A  engines took off from Hamburg and landed in Toulouse after a five hour flight. It was piloted by Experimental test pilots Michel Gagneux and Eckard Hausser. They were assisted in the cockpit by Test-Flight Engineer Jean Michel Pin, while two flight test engineers Sylvie Loisel-Labaste and David O’nions directed the flight from the aircraft’s…

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Asky Airlines commences nonstop flight from Lagos to Jo’burg

Asky Airlines commences nonstop flight from Lagos to Jo’burg

ASKY, the Pan African Airline, is pleased to announce its new nonstop service between Lomé and Johannesburg effective 8 April 2017.  With this flight, Johannesburg will join the growing ASKY network operating from Lomé. Passengers will be able to connect between Johannesburg and ASKY’s entire network in West and Central Africa, including Abidjan, Bamako, Conakry, Dakar, Douala, Lagos, Libreville, Niamey, Ouagadougou and Yaoundé. Passengers in many of these markets will be able to reduce hours…

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Safety, our priority, says Arik, orders more aircraft spares

Safety, our priority, says Arik, orders more aircraft spares

Despite desperate motives of some mischievous elements in the society to ridicule the efforts of the government to rehabilitate ailing Arik Airline, which recently came under receivership due to gross mismanagement and heavy debt profile, the management of the airline has reiterated the fact that it would continue to pay priority attention to safety, which Arik is known for.   This is coming as the new management has ordered more aircraft spares, which it said…

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Airlines risk N.5m daily fine as automation deadline ends today

Airlines risk N.5m daily fine as automation deadline ends today

  *Carriers owe NCAA N2.5b     The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said its final ultimatum to airlines to automate their remittance of the statutory five per cent Ticket Sales/Cargo Sales Charge (TSC/CSC) ends tomorrow. Airlines risk N500, 000 fine if they fail to comply with the aviation regulatory directive, according to spokesman for NCAA, Sam Adurogboye.   Adurogboye told Woleshadare.net that the idea was to bring transparency to the system by ensuring that…

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Aviation rot finds expression in airlines’ collapse

Aviation rot finds expression in airlines’ collapse

 Economic recession, coupled with shortage of dollars, high costs and scarce fuel supplies has created a storm in the aviation industry, reports WOLE SHADARE     Nigerian airline business has come a long way and has faced a lot of challenges for survival. For now, the country has eight airlines operating scheduled flights. They are Aero Contractors, Dana, Arik, Overland, Azman, FirstNation, Air Peace and Medview. In spite of the seeming growth of the sector,…

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Cathay Pacific Airways, Lufthansa Group seal pact

Cathay Pacific Airways, Lufthansa Group seal pact

 Cathay Pacific Airways, the Hong Kong–based airline, and the Lufthansa Group, Europe’s leading airline group, will offer their passengers selected flights under their partner’s flight number in future (code-sharing).    For Lufthansa Group customers, this will significantly improve the connections available from Hong Kong towards Australia and New Zealand. Passengers from Nigeria will now have more choices right when arriving in Frankfurt.   A corresponding agreement was signed today by Ivan Chu, Chief Executive Cathay…

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Group foils deportation of Nigerians, Ghanaians failed asylum seekers at Stanstead airport

Group foils deportation of Nigerians, Ghanaians failed asylum seekers at Stanstead airport

Stops flight taking 100 immigrants home Up to twelve activists broke through security at Stanstead Airport late yesterday night chained themselves together on the runway to stop failed asylum seekers being deported. The left-wing activists were trying to stop a flight taking up to 100 immigrants back to Nigeria and Ghana.     The runway was closed at about 8pm resulting in eight flights being diverted to other London airports. But by 9.30pm the airport was running as…

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IATA seeks alternatives to large electronic restrictions

IATA seeks alternatives to large electronic restrictions

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments to urgently find alternatives to recently announced measures by the United States and the United Kingdom to restrict the carry-on of large electronic items on certain flights departing the Middle East and North Africa.   The Case for Alternative Measures   “The current measures are not an acceptable long-term solution to whatever threat they are trying to mitigate. Even in the short term it is…

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Investor seeks safer skies for Africa

Investor seeks safer skies for Africa

Laments high accident rate   Business mogul and Chairman ANAP Business Jets Limited, Mr. Atedo Peterside has implored aviation regulatory body in Africa to tighten safety requirements to ensure air safety on the continent.   He made the call at the fourth yearly Nigerian Business Aviation conference held in Lagos last weekend. The banker lamented the high accident rate in the continent.   Peterside stated that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) safety report 2014…

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Recent appointments expose aviation underbelly

Recent appointments expose aviation underbelly

  The recent appointments in some key agencies of the aviation sector to say the least are less than satisfactory. One would have thought that due diligence was done before some people were brought to man sensitive positions in a sector that is highly life dependent.    Not a few were wondering if these changes would bring desired result and make the sector better, or one that the Ministry of Aviation is pursuing to provide…

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