United Airlines, Air Peace To Sign Code-share Pact, Others

United Airlines, Air Peace To Sign Code-share Pact, Others

United Nigeria Airlines Company Limited, operator of United Nigeria, says it is set to sign a business partnership deal with Air Peace. The Chairman, Chief Obiora Okonkwo, said this at a dinner to mark the first year anniversary of the company.   The firm obtained its AOC (Air Operating Certificate) on February 12, 2021, and has since then been flying to various cities in Nigeria. Okonkwo said aviation stakeholders have realised the huge potential in…

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Flight delay/cancellations: AON seeks end to attacks on airline staff, property

Flight delay/cancellations: AON seeks end to attacks on airline staff, property

The umbrella body of scheduled airlines, the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has strongly condemned the spate of attacks on its workers by passengers over incessant flight delays and cancellations. A viral video had surfaced on social media showing how frustrated travelers took the law into their hands by manhandling Arik workers at the counters of the domestic airport in Lagos. The over hundred passengers were seen protesting the delay of their early morning flight…

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COVID-19 test, travel ban repeal accelerating travel recovery-IATA

COVID-19 test, travel ban repeal accelerating travel recovery-IATA

Momentum toward normalizing traffic is growing, says Walsh Carriers seeing improved ticket sales   The removal of travel restrictions and cancellations of COVID-19 tests in some parts of the world is accelerating air travel as airlines are fast seeing recovery from the pandemic. Consequently,  the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data showing growing momentum in the recovery of air travel as restrictions are lifted. According to the clearinghouse for over 290 international airlines in…

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Airlines at loggerheads with NASS, list reasons for flight delays

Airlines at loggerheads with NASS, list reasons for flight delays

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the umbrella body for airlines in Nigeria have expressed dismay statements credited to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi over reasons for incessant delays currently experienced by travellers in the country. During a joint oversight visit by the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Aviation to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in Lagos recently, the Senator said that domestic airlines delay passengers for 4…

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Kenya Airways forecasts 20 percent rise in revenue in 2022

Kenya Airways forecasts 20 percent rise in revenue in 2022

  One of Africa’s biggest airlines, Kenya Airways narrows losses occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic as the carrier expects a 20 percent in revenue in 2022, according to its CEO Allan Kilavuka. The carrier in which the government has a 48.9 percent stake saw revenue go down by half at the height of the pandemic in 2020 as airlines around the globe were forced to ground their airplanes. Kilavuka said, “We have been through the worst…

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Flight delays cost more than just time, airlines’ reputation at stake

Flight delays cost more than just time, airlines’ reputation at stake

Flight delay is almost becoming the new order in the Nigerian aviation industry. Everyone is worried and hurriedly looking for a solution. Apart from the fact that passengers have their aircraft travel rights, the reputation of airlines is at stake, writes, WOLE SHADARE Widespread phenomenon With the total number of global air travelers growing tenfold from 1970 to 2019, air traffic systems worldwide have become increasingly complicated and in many situations congested, causing negative consequences to…

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AIB to stem N550 million annual capital flight, constructs training school in Abuja

AIB to stem N550 million annual capital flight, constructs training school in Abuja

France, agency ink deal to help Francophone African nations     In a bid to curb capital flight occasioned by the training of its technical workers, the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) is constructing a training school in Abuja where its investigators and foreigners would be trained. Commissioner/CEO AIB, Akin Olateru is however worried about the situation that costs the agency $1 million (N550 million) every year to train its technical personnel in reputation training institutions…

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Just in: Senate passes act establishing multi-modal accident investigation agency

Just in: Senate passes act establishing multi-modal accident investigation agency

The Senate, on Tuesday the bill for the Act to provide for the establishment of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), a multimodal accident investigation agency, came about a month after the House of Representatives passed the same bill. When assented to by the President, this will see to the transformation of the Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) into a multi-modal safety Investigation agency adding Rail and Maritime to the Aircraft Accident Investigation. Breaking the…

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Minister unveils SCP, as NiMET DG pushes vision for economic growth

Minister unveils SCP, as NiMET DG pushes vision for economic growth

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has expressed its excitement to push the Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP) vision and help in the recovery of the economy after the trying phase where the global pandemic affected some of the gains made previously through agriculture. The Director-General of NiMet and the Permanent Representative of Nigeria with World Meteorological Organisation (WTO), Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu who spoke at the public presentation of the 2022 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP) said…

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Under capacity hampers Nigerian carriers’ efficiency

Under capacity hampers Nigerian carriers’ efficiency

82 aircraft in service, others grounded Operators lack critical mass to compete-Fadugba     Nigerian travelers and airlines are faced with a small number of aircraft in the country aviation industry. The under capacity by the local carriers has contributed immensely to flight delays and cancellations of flights as the carriers. Aviation Metric learn’t that what is characteristic of these delays and cancellations in recent times is the inability of the airlines to deploy another…

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