Author: Wole Shadare

DUBAI, UAE, 5 July 2018 – Emirates will be operating extra flights to Jeddah and Medina to help facilitate travel for pilgrims heading to and from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Hajj. Emirates will be operating 33 additional flights to Jeddah and Medina from 6 to 31 August to support the journey for pilgrims expected to travel to the Holy City of Mecca during Hajj this year. These services will run in parallel with Emirates’ regularly scheduled…

The Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals ANAP is poised for a showdown with the management of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency NiMET over condition of service of its workers. The union’s six months ultimatum to the NiMET management is expected to elapse in August 2018 after series of letters without management response on the issue Investigation by this correspondent revealed that officials from the national secretariat of ANAP had written letters requesting for date with the…

 FG receives certificate to establish national airline Carrier to be private sector driven-Minister A new start-up airline to be handed over to Nigeria as national airline would gulp $308.8 million according to the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika. Sirika made the disclosure while receiving the Outline Business Case Certificate of Compliance for the establishment of the airline from Mr Chidi Izuwah, the Director General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) at the weekend in…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has unveiled an application, initiated by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) for service users to give feedback about the quality of services being rendered by government agencies at the nation’s airports. The commissioning of the APP was held at the E – Arrival of the Murtala Muhammed international Airport, Lagos today, June 6, 2018. With this initiative, passengers and the general public can now register their complaints…

Invests $410 million on planes A start-up Helicopter support services, Tropical Arctic Logistics Limited (TAL) has launched six fleet of AW139 helicopter and a Challenger fixed business executive jet. President and Chief Executive, TAL, Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe disclosed that each of the helicopters costs $35 million, bringing the total investment on the six aircraft to$410 million. He added that the firm would consider scheduled operations in no distant future with the right type of…

Air Peace female flight and cabin crew members will on Thursday step into an arena that has been dominated by their male counterparts for almost four years running, taking full charge of the carrier’s four-sector flights on the Lagos-Abuja, Abuja-Owerri, Owerri-Abuja and Abuja-Lagos routes. The development is coming days after Air Peace gave command to Sinmisola Ajibola, who made history as the airline’s first female captain and was decorated with her new rank by the Chairman/Chief…

 modest 4.2% growth in rest of world African airlines saw freight demand contract 2.0% in May compared with the same month in 2017.  At the same time, capacity (supply) increased by 20.4%. Following a surge in international freight tonne kilometres (FTK*) volumes in 2017, seasonally-adjusted international freight volumes have now trended downwards at an annualised pace of 15% over the past six months.  In the main, this reflects a softening demand for air freight between Africa…

Offers 17% discount For 17 years since, Virgin Atlantic has been connecting friends, uniting families, flying people to epic business meetings, conferences and life-changing deals.  Flying travellers on honeymoons, dream holidays and their must-see destinations, Virgin Atlantic have been making dreams come true for 17 years and 35 000 ft. Samuel Lindfield, Head of Virgin Atlantic in Nigeria says, “It’s with immense pride that we celebrate 17 years of flying to Nigeria, connecting Nigeria to…

  FG sets to build new FAAN Hqtrs, staff quarters in Abuja     Elysium Integrated Development Company has concluded plans to invest $27M (N9.72b) in a mass transit ground transportation structure at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.   The team also has the mandate to source for, and identify prospective Public Private Partnership (PPP) partners, and to also consider an unsolicited proposal by a firm This is coming as Minister of State for Aviation,…