Author: Wole Shadare

Türkiye’s national flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, has announced a new order for 10 additional A350-900 aircraft, taking its total for the type to 40. This latest agreement is in addition to one announced in August for four A350-900s. Turkish Airlines already operates a fleet of 14 A350-900s. Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Airbus International said, “We are delighted that Turkish Airlines has decided to further enlarge its fleet with the purchase of…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for July 2023 global air cargo markets, showing a continuing trend of recovering growth rates since February. During the month under review, African airlines had the strongest performance in July 2023, with a 2.9% increase in cargo volumes compared to July 2022. Notably, Africa–Asia routes experienced significant cargo demand growth (10.3%), capacity was 11.0% above July 2022 levels, while the continent accounted for 2.0% of the total global air…

Air France-KLM and Airbus on Monday entered into exclusive negotiations to establish a joint venture for the provision on a worldwide basis of Airbus A350 component maintenance services (supply chain management, repairs, creation of a worldwide pool of aircraft components). This partnership between Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance and Airbus would entail an optimized commercial offering for customers, as well as the creation of a worldwide pool of aircraft components The envisaged cooperation…

It is still early in the day to begin to assess the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo. A peep into the visit of the Minister to Lagos airport to inspect facilities at the aerodrome gave an indication of where Keyamo is headed. His brief discussion with the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Mr. Kabir Mohammed on revenue generation equally indicates that the agency would have to…