Aviation

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) revealed details of its proposed temporary layered approach to bio-security for re-starting passenger flights amid the COVID-19 crisis. The clearing house for global airlines IATA has published Biosecurity for Air Transport: A Roadmap for Restarting Aviation”, which outlines IATA’s proposal for a layering of temporary bio-security measures. The Roadmap aims to provide the confidence that governments will need to enable the re-opening of borders to passenger travel; and…

  Aviation industry experts outlined that COVID-19 could provide a unique opportunity for the industry to reset to a more sustainable model that meets the demands of the climate emergency,  WOLE Shadare writes Rescue option The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has predicted that airlines will lose over $400 billion in revenue this year. COVID-19 impact on aviation sector has been huge and recovery time is likely to be lengthy. Without financial aid from their governments, half of…

  Holds talks with unions European plane maker, Airbus enters has entered into talks with unions as it begins the process of reducing its workforce. The company could reduce its workforce by 10 per cent as it slashes production and grapples with the fallout from Covid-19’s impact on the aviation industry, according to media reports. Sources have told Bloomberg that Airbus is in talks with unions about job cuts although the number of employees to be laid…

    As part of its measures towards cushioning the effects of the COVID-19 hardship on Nigerians, Arik Air on Tuesday donated bags of rice and beans to communities in Mafoluku and Agege , Orile axis of Lagos metropolis. According to Arik Air , Business Head, West and Central Africa, Mr Sylvester Egogo was driven by its reach out with palliatives packages to impacted communities. Egogo said the carrier, it would be out of place…

  The relocation of all the agencies in the aviation industry has continued to generate furore with the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), describing the move as not well thought out by the Ministry of Aviation. While a few people said the relocation of the agencies would save the government costs of having the Chief Executive Officers of the agencies and critical officers frequent Abuja for administrative matters, others believe that the frequent…

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday agreed to fund the feeding and accommodation of evacuees in Lagos and Abuja. The minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 daily news conference in Abuja. Onyeama said the fund to cover the cost of evacuees’ feeding and accommodation was over N1 billion and since funding was not…

  The Federal Government is making good its threat to deal decisively with crew that flew in an unauthorized flight to the country by subjecting the pilots to 14 days quarantine. Just two day ago, a visibly angry Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika broke the news of the violation of flight approval given to a British based Flair Jet on his Twitter handle, saying the government would get to the root of the matter. Specifically,…

FG plots post COVID-19 reforms for aviation  Airlines’ recapitalization on the card, NCAA to review regulations   For flouting conditions of flight operations occasioned by the closure of Nigeria’s airspace, a United Kingdom-based aviation company, Flair Air, has its Brazilian made Embraer 135 aircraft impounded by the Federal Government. Specifically, Flair Air operated a commercial flight as against the humanitarian operations it was given approval to operate to Nigeria. The aircraft is currently grounded in…

  The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has come out in strong defence of the implementation of Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) automation, saying that the project has not been abandoned. Spokesman for NAMA, Mr. Khalid Emele said the disclosure by the Aeronautical Information Management Association of Nigeria (AIMAN) that “NAMA management has neglected the implementation of the AIS Automation, thereby exposing personnel to Covid-19 pandemic.” was no true. The AIS Automation contract, he explained was signed since 2009…