Aviation

  Airlines count costs  This year’s Harmattan haze has been described as the worse in recent years. It came with attendant flight cancelations, delays and diversions.  This has cost airlines so much in terms of lodging their passengers in hotels, feeding costs and aeronautics charges by countries in which foreign airlines diverted their flights. Meanwhile, mega carrier, British Airways has concluded plans to engage charter airline operators to bring back stranded passengers to Lagos from…

  Agency replacing old landing aids Nigeria’s international airports in Abuja and Lagos, the country’s commercial hub city continue to suffer flight diverts from international carriers as the country experiences her craziest harmattan weather in recent time. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika have offered explanations and apologies simultaneously, in what appears to be the sector’s newest embarrassing scenario, maintaining that the international…

  Delta flies passengers back to NY from Accra Airlines get extra landing, parking costs, others Ethiopian diverts to Abuja airport Flight cancellations and diversion have taken a toll on foreign airlines as some of them are counting their losses while others are yet to come to terms with inclement weather that prevented them from landing in Lagos. While British Airways, Emirates and Ethiopian Airlines diverted to Accra, Ghana to allow visibility to improve in…

    The frequent diversion of flights to neighbouring countries by foreign airlines has been attributed to  inclement weather and company minimas of affected airlines, according to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). The airspace management agency in a statement said such diversions are in the interest of safety. Foreign carriers for quite some time had declined landing at the Lagos airports due to poor visibility which fluctuates. The carriers refuse to take risks of…

  For the second time in less than a year, a fire outbreak has been reported at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri. The cause of the fire was unknown but the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, described it as a bush fire. According to Yakubu, firefighters were working to control the spread of the fire. She said the fire did not affect flight operations, stressing that authority…

     The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) has released two preliminary reports on serious incidents involving aircraft owned and operated by Air Peace Limited and Max Air.   The Air Peace Boeing 737-500 aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-BUJ was en-route Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri on November 5th, 2019 when the incident occurred at about 23,000 feet above Mean Sea Level (FL230).   The report stated that the flight crew identified the occurrence as…

  African aviation is in a quandary; operators can’t afford to keep spending their maintenance budgets abroad, while establishing their own maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities is prohibitively expensive, WOLE SHADARE writes Lack of will Africa’s aviation potential is enormous but the will to harness it is what has pinned the continent’s burgeoning aviation sector to the wall and made exploiting the potential a tall order. A growing number of international and domestic operators are moving to…

    The baton of leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies, NANTA, come March this year will change to pave the way for a new leadership that will consolidate on the gains of the past administration and take it to a greater level. The greater level is geared towards taking the unity of all members to a higher level and making the Association a household name in the industry. At a news…

    Dear Captain Yadudu I write you as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the purpose of this missive is to call your attention to the peculiar mess at the tollgate of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and to seek some clarifications on this peculiar mess. Your role, Captain, is a very important role that few people actually stop to think about. Come to think of it, besides…

    Uncertainty over airline’s future The Federal Government may have concluded plans to rename Arik Air to Nigeria Eagle as it commences total rebranding of the airline, which is currently under the control of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). The prototype, cited by Woleshadarenews, which shows the logo of eagles emblazoned on the aircraft’s engine and painted in green colour, highlights the seriousness to give the airline a new look and reposition it for…