Aviation

         By Wole Shadare There have been inspiring stories of all female pilots for some time now. And they are beginning to take-over the aviation scene all over the world and Nigeria is not an exemption. These days however, things are different when it comes to which gender flies an airplane. Though there have been many influential women pilots throughout history, the question remains how often do you see a woman behind the ‘stick’ of a…

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has warned charter and non-scheduled airline operators and their agents to desist from payment of charges, bills and other financial transactions by cash.  The Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, in a meeting he held with the operators in his office said all financial transactions with the agency must be done through monetary transfers (only) into the NAMA TSA account domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),…

  Airbus is expanding its aerospace activities at its site in Ottobrunn/Taufkirchen, near Munich. Today, it has reached two new milestones, with Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder and Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space, giving the green light for the modernisation of solar array production for satellites, and for the commissioning of expanded clean rooms for optical satellite instruments. In total, the company will be investing approximately €25 million.   In February 2019, Airbus will begin building an Industry…

Virgin Atlantic has announced it will be launching flights between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv, Israel with the first flight taking place on September 25th 2019. Flying daily between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport, the five hour flight will operate on an Airbus A330-300 aircraft boasting Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class, Premium and Economy Light, Classic and Delight offering. Offering over 180,000 seats each year, the new service will offer seamless connections and a…

  Last Saturday Nigerians were relieved to learn that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was not harmed when his helicopter crash landed at the Kabbah Township Stadium in Kogi State. The chopper, chartered from Carverton Helicopters, was conveying the Vice President and 11 others to Kogi for a campaign rally when it toppled over on its side while attempting to land – an incident, described by the chopper owners, as being caused by “unusual weather conditions”….

Emirates is celebrating the season of love with its Nigerian customers on board and across its lounges worldwide this Valentine’s Day. The celebrations will kick off in Emirates’ network of lounges, and climax on-board with a refreshed Valentine’s Day offering to create a memorable travel experience for customers. Nigerian Travellers who coincidentally are in Dubai on Valentine’s Day and planning to fly by Emirates will be hosted to a treat at the Emirates First and…

Members of the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) have returned 11 executive officers unopposed back to their various positions which they have been holding prior to the conference. The delegates’ conference, where about 88 ANAP delegates reconvened to elect their new executive members who would pilot the affairs of the union for the next 4 years, is the first since the union was registered in 16th September, 2016. However, the returning of all the officers…

It was carnival-like at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos as ex-workers of Nigeria Airways Limited staged a mega rally to support the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Feb. 16 Presidential Election. Present at the rally were Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika who was represented by the Managing Director of Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Captain. Fola Akinkuotu. Mohammed extolled Buhari for doing…

The Minister of Labour and Employment,  Chris Ngige has advised trade unions in the country to emulate the good conduct of the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) since the group was registered 3 years ago..  Ngige who gave the commendation in his goodwill message yesterday at the first National Delegates of ANAP which held in Ota Ogun State,said the pioneer executive of ANAP have done unionism proud. According to Ngige, their zeal and unfliching…

Africa and Latin America carriers experienced a decrease in year-on-year in freight demand for December, 2018 according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This is contained in IATA full-year 2018 data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) grew by 3.5 per cent compared to 2017. This was significantly lower than the extraordinary 9.7 per cent growth recorded in 2017. While African carriers’ saw freight demand decrease by…