Aviation

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has listed Safety, cost-competitiveness, opening the continent to travel and trade, and ender diversity as four key areas of priorities governments and industry in Africa should to focus on to allow aviation to drive economic and social development on the continent. It stated that this would help to enrich people’s lives and enable the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG’s). Director General and CEO of IATA Alexandre de Juniac made the…

  The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) welcomes the waiver on the requirement for foreign minors to carry unabridged birth certificates when travelling to South Africa. On the weekend AASA, together with other aviation and tourism industry bodies, were advised by South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs that it had implemented the waiver while waiting for enacting legislation to be passed. “This is welcome relief and will help South Africa regain its competitive position…

Mega carrier, British Airways has  entered into a partnership with leading Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc . The deal seeks to reward loyal customers who are cardholders of the bank. The promo which will last for six months from November 2019, will see UBA customers getting significant discounts when they purchase their British Airways tickets using their UBA cards. Specifically, the promo which will allow customers to enjoy between 10%…

  Police have swarmed to Schiphol Airport this evening after reports of a suspected hijacking during boarding of a plane. There are unconfirmed reports that men armed with knives have attempted to hijack an Air Europa plane that was due to fly to Madrid Wednesday evening, reports mirror.co.uk. At least 27 passengers were on board when the hijacking alert was reportedly triggered. Some flights at the airport have been grounded, according to a passenger on a…

  90 passengers on-board, AIB begins probe   A B737-500 aircraft belonging to Air Peace which departed Lagos for Owerri lost one of its two engines morning. The six man crew which departed Lagos airport returned to Lagos airport 19 minutes after take-off. According to air traffic controllers, the flight crew declared engine failure at 07:47 local time and subsequently made an air return to Lagos with 90 passengers and six crew members on board. The Accident…

  Common sense seems to have prevailed with the acquisition of multi-million dollars calibration aircraft. WOLE SHADARE writes that Nigeria is saving so much for in-house navaids calibration and possible commercialisation   Intervention Safety is the number one priority for air transportation industry, which is the second largest industry sector in the world with regard to revenue after oil and gas. Globally, governments and airport managers spend billions on safety, including on safety beacons (called navigational aids) that…

  Only Arik certified to use the PBN system The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is at a loss as to how domestic airlines can take advantage of the on-going installation of the over $24 million Category 3 Instrument Landing System (ILS) in Lagos and Abuja airports. The average cost of each of the equipment ranges between $4 million and $5 million and the airspace agency is already installing two for Lagos and Abuja for…

  Following the recent decision of the Federal Government to carry out major rehabilitation at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has said that the job at the airport is more than just runway resurfacing. Spokeswoman for FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, disclosed to Woleshadarenews that the perception held about the airport was not correct as it is not just resurfacing, but also reconstruction and expansion, which are necessary to ensure…

The over-flier charges by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) considered to be exorbitant has forced foreign airlines to avoid the country’s airspace as they considered alternative airspace cheaper than that of the country This was disclosed by the Chief Executive of Ropeways Transport Limited, Capt. Dapo Olumide at a Colloquium with theme, “Airport Concession and Options For Airports Development in Nigeria”, put together by Publisher NTM, Simon Tumba. His words, “Foreign airlines are avoiding…

13 passengers unhurt, AIB begins probe A graphic picture of an incident involving a helicopter belonging to Bristow Helicopters has been given by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and the airline. Spokesman for AIB, Tunji Oketunbi in a statement said the Sikorsky 92 aircraft declared emergency in an offshore platform enroute Port Harcourt from GERD with 13 passengers onboard, stressing that there were no fatality. Oketunbi however noted that the accident investigative body had commenced…