Delta offers paid intern scheme in Lagos, Dakar, Nairobi, Senegal

Delta offers paid intern scheme  in Lagos, Dakar, Nairobi, Senegal

  *Celebrates five years intern programme Delta Air Lines is celebrating five successful years of its intern programme in Africa. The scheme offers a 12-month contract to post-graduate students in Lagos, Nigeria; Accra, Ghana; Dakar, Senegal; and Nairobi, Kenya, to gain hands-on knowledge and experience of working for a multi-national company.   The programme underscores Delta’s commitment to Africa, by helping young people from underprivileged backgrounds acquire the skills they need to get ahead in…

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Air New Zealand, BA, Singapore, Etihad, Qantas, Others Bag Best Airlines for Year 2017

Air New Zealand, BA, Singapore, Etihad, Qantas, Others Bag Best Airlines for Year 2017

AirlineRatings.com has named its best airlines of 2017, with Air New Zealand, Qantas, Singapore Airlines and Etihad all placing high on the leaderboard. Also among the best rated carriers are British Airways, Lufthansa, Air Nippon, Lufthansa, Eva, Virgin Atlantic/Virgin Australia.   This was the outcome of rating conducted by AirlineRatings.com, the world’s foremost safety and product rating website. Air New Zealand came first as its 2017 Airline of the Year for the fourth consecutive year….

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FG projects 60 million traffic annually

FG projects 60 million traffic annually

*Sets to announce bidders for airport concession, national carrier in two week The Federal Government has indicated its desire to raise passenger traffic from the current 15 million recorded annually to 60 million  with the provision of world class infrastructure at many of the nation’s international airports. This is coming as winners of the bid for airport concession are expected to be announced in a fortnight.  Government would also announce modalities for setting up a…

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Airport proliferation causes air traffic controllers’ shortage

Airport proliferation causes air traffic controllers’ shortage

Proliferation of aerodromes across the country has been attributed to the dearth of air traffic controllers in the nation’s aviation industry. Nigeria currently has over 25 airports and continuous building of airports by state governors would continue to overstretch the few air traffic controllers, as most of the facilities are handed to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), despite the low traffic they record. Director of Administration,…

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FG in dilemma over ‘wrongly sited’ terminals in Lagos, Abuja

FG in dilemma over ‘wrongly sited’ terminals in Lagos, Abuja

*Needs N5 billion to relocate control tower, fire station *Sirika alarmed over 88 GMs in aviation, more to go *Aviation security to be armed               The Federal Government is in a dilemma over what to do with new Abuja airport terminal following report that the terminal which is expected to be commissioned early next year was wrong sited because of blockage of the control tower and the fire service station….

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Lawyer wins free ticket in MMA2 mobile app promo

Lawyer wins free ticket in MMA2 mobile app promo

 A Lagos-based lawyer, Ms. Anuoluwapo Olopade, has won the first free return air ticket in the ongoing scratch and win promo of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2)  mobile application for travellers introduced to the public a few days ago. Ms. Olopade, who said she regularly travels with Dana Air through MMA2, won the free ticket using the terminal’s Instagram platform.   To participate, a traveller needs to click on the Gift Box Icon…

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Dana Air Marks  8TH Anniversary, Assures Guests on Safety  and  Satisfaction …Flies over 4M passengers   

Dana Air Marks  8TH Anniversary, Assures Guests on Safety  and  Satisfaction …Flies over 4M passengers   

  As Dana Air marks the 8th anniversary of its commercial flight operations, the airline has reaffirmed its commitment to providing safe, reliable and customer–centric air transport services to its teeming guests. The airline has also flown over 4 million passengers in the last 8 years of its operations. According to the Accountable Manager of the airline Mr. Obi Mbanuzuo, in spite of the visible operational challenges in the industry, the airline has remained strong….

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Singapore Airlines shops for world’s longest jet

Singapore Airlines shops for world’s longest jet

The United States and European aerospace giants are vying for a coveted spot in the fleet of Singapore Airlines. By the end of the year, the airline is expected to back one of the company’s designs, according to three people familiar with the campaign. There’s a “pretty fierce campaign for this” order from Singapore, said one of the people. At the moment, Boeing and Airbus planes exist largely as PowerPoint presentations that are being evaluated by engineers…

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Sad State Of Port- Harcourt Airport

Sad State Of Port- Harcourt Airport

The Port-Harcourt airport has become more of an embarrassment to Nigeria than blessing. The aerodrome has continued to maintain its unenviable position as the worst in the, globe but government is set to erase that tag, WOLE SHADARE writes Good news The Federal Government, last week, disclosed that it would spend huge amount of money to rehabilitate the Port-Harcourt International Airport. This is cheery news considering the fact that the aerodrome has brought a lot…

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NAHCo controls 90% of aviation mkt share-MD

NAHCo controls 90% of aviation mkt share-MD

Despite the economic depression, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) said it is still firmly in control of market share in the aviation ground handling business. The Managing Director of NAHCO and Chief Executive Officer of NAHCO, Norbert Bielderman while briefing the media today said the firm has 80 per cent of domestic airlines in its fold and 90 per cent of international market comprising big international carriers. He said the two carriers that are…

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