Ganduje gets NANTA’s Governor of the Year Award, promises more for tourism

Ganduje gets NANTA’s Governor of the Year Award, promises more for tourism

Kano State Governor,  Alhaji Abdullahi Umaru  Ganduje has emerged the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) Governor of Year Award. He bagged the award for building stronghold support based on tourism infrastructure and providing effective security architecture. Ganduje, the first recipient of the NANTA Governor of the Year Award, beat other governors in Nigeria to the award by a  poll in this category for creating an enabling environment for the growth of cultural tourism…

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African airlines cargo volumes up by 34.6% in Sept

African airlines cargo volumes up by 34.6% in Sept

African airlines saw international cargo volumes increase by 34.6% in September, the largest increase of all regions for the ninth consecutive month. Seasonally-adjusted volumes are now 20% above pre-crisis 2019 levels but have been trending sideways for the past six months. International capacity was 6.9% higher than pre-crisis levels, the only region in positive territory, albeit on small volumes. This is coming as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released September 2021 data for global…

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Reps scrutinise AIB, NIMET budget, laud agencies on performance

Reps scrutinise AIB, NIMET budget, laud agencies on performance

AIB’s N645 million training school 95 percent completed     The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation chaired by Honourable Nnolim Nnaji has applauded two aviation agencies, Air Accidents Investigation Bureau, (AIB) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NIMET) for their 2021 budget performances. The committee gave the commendation during an oversight inspection visit to the agencies’ offices and their projects’ sites at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja on Tuesday. The oversight team led by the…

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African Airlines ‘Right-Size’ To Prosperity

African Airlines ‘Right-Size’ To Prosperity

Africa is a region on the cusp of rapid economic expansion. Before Africa’s aviation market can grow to its full potential, however, airlines must address the weak points in their intra-regional operating models, writes WOLE SHADARE Dust settles The dust is still settling across the aviation landscape 19 months after the disappearance of passenger traffic and the retrenchment of airlines. Ultra-large capacity jets are in storage, some likely never to fly again. Networks and frequencies…

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Aerodrome Safety: BASL launches FOD awareness initiative

Aerodrome Safety: BASL launches FOD awareness initiative

The management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the domestic wing of the Lagos Airport, the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) has launched a ‘Foreign Object Debris’ (FOD) awareness initiative at the terminal. The initiative, according to the Ag. Head of Business, Mr. Raphael Uchegbu, is a deliberate move to ward off potential dangers that FODs constitute to aerodrome operations. Uchegbu, who stated that FODs contribute to the damage or potential damage…

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Runsewe, NIHOTOUR, others for NANTA eminent persons awards

Runsewe, NIHOTOUR, others for NANTA eminent persons awards

  The Director-General, Nigerian Cultural Tourism Community, Otunba Segun Runsewe, says identifying and appreciating contributions of individuals and corporate entities in the industry has a deep spiritual meaning and helps to keep award recipients on their toes. “Who are mine”? Otunba Runsewe quoted Jesus Christ, who desired to know from his disciples if he is on track on his Spiritual mission on earth, as a classical example of how to truly assess persons called to…

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Ghana seeks technical partnership with Nigeria on accident investigation

Ghana seeks technical partnership with Nigeria on accident investigation

The Incident Investigation and Prevention Bureau of Ghana is seeking technical and institutional partnership with its counterpart in Nigeria, Accident Investigation Bureau – Nigeria (AIB-N). To this end, the Commissioner, AAIIPB-Ghana Mr. Akwesi Prempeh led a four-man team to the headquarters of AIB-N in Abuja, Nigeria for a three-day working visit. He described Nigeria’s AIB-N as one of the most developed accidents investigation bodies in the world, stressing that for his bureau to grow and…

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NCAA to apply stringent economic regulations on airlines from next year-DG NCAA

NCAA to apply stringent economic regulations on airlines from next year-DG NCAA

In a bid to strengthen airlines and to know their financial capabilities, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said its economic regulation function would be more robust from next year. The DIRECTOR-General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu who was a panelist at the Aviation Leadership CEO’s Forum/ Aviators Africa Tower Awards with the theme, “Corporate Governance Structure: A pathway to sustainability in African Aviation”, lamented the lack of check and balances in the corporate governance…

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Delta to resume nonstop Lagos-New York flight Dec 2021

Delta to resume nonstop Lagos-New York flight Dec 2021

Delta Air Lines, the longest-serving U.S. airline to Africa, has concluded plans to resume its nonstop service between Lagos and New York-JFK in December, restoring this popular route in time for the festive season. Delta will operate nonstop flights between Murtala Muhammed International Airport and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport three times a week, effective December 8, 2022. The airline also continues to connect Lagos to Atlanta daily. With connections to 46 cities at Delta’s JFK hub,…

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UNOOSA, Airbus pick African team to fly “free” climate monitoring payload

UNOOSA, Airbus pick African team to fly “free” climate monitoring payload

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Airbus Defence and Space have selected the winner of their joint opportunity for a free one year mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The climate mission supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals will fly on Bartolomeo, the Airbus external payload hosting platform. The winning ‘ClimCam’ team consists of specialists from different fields and symbolizes the power of international cooperation, bringing together researchers from three institutions: the…

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