Aviation

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…

  Airbus has announced a global partnership with Air Race E, the world’s first electric airplane race set to launch its inaugural series in 2020.  Airbus is the Official Founding Partner of Air Race E. The competition aims to drive the development and adoption of cleaner, faster, and more technologically advanced electric engines that can be applied to urban air mobility vehicles and, eventually, commercial aircraft. Air Race E will follow a format similar to the…

  Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading carrier is availing customers the opportunity of celebrating this year’s Valentine with their loved ones by launching a special promotion where guests can save up to 50% on companion tickets. To enjoy this promotion, a couple needs to buy one economy class ticket and get 50% discount on the second ticket. This promotional ticket is available across all Arik Air network. The Valentine promotion is available for sale from February…

 Appreciative by the payment of their severance pay and pension by the Federal Government, Nigeria Airways Ex-workers/Pensioners have endorsed the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.   In a statement by their representatives, Lookman Animashaun an aircraft engineer and Mr. Sam Nzene, the Ex-workers and Pensioners who said they would roll out the drums at a mega rally in Lagos slated for Friday, February 8, 2019 to declare their support for PMB in the presidential election, which is nine…

As the Nigerian aviation sector, especially the Lagos end, recently went through an assessment by the United States Transportation Safety Administration, WOLE SHADARE writes that the test is needed to appraise the nation’s aviation and airports security apparatus Poor reputation Air transportation is the movement of passengers and cargo by aircraft and helicopters. An efficient air transport contributes to economic growth and development. However in Nigeria, it suffers from poor reputation for operational efficiency and…

Lagos based Green Africa Airways is set for a major take off with the appointment of Caribbean Airlines’ Vice President (Operations), Jag Singh as its Chief Operations Officer (COO). A technical pilot with Nigeria’s largest carrier, Arik Airlines, and ASKY Airlines’ Boeing 737 Captain Folu Oladipo is the airline’s chief pilot, among a host of other talented industry experts at the helm of the new carrier. Also, former JetBlue Airways Vice President (Flight Operations), Bart…

Airbus launched an innovative service called Verde that delivers detailed crop analytics from satellite imagery, perfectly clipped to the field and accurately de-clouded. Served as plug and play API to any precision agriculture portal, Verde provides reliable and quantified measures of the vegetation, consistent over time and space, whatever the satellite used.   The new service primarily addresses in-season monitoring, to help anomalies detection, optimise field scouting, irrigation, seeding, fertilization, and crop protection. It is…

 12 souls onboard ill-fated aircraft Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Akin Olateru said his agency would release in few days the preliminary report which will include factual information about the accident involving Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. In a statement issued late last night, the AIB boss commended the professionalism of the rescue team, without whose effort there may have been recorded casualty and/or injury. He assured the public that the investigation would be detailed, thorough and timely,…

Fagbemi chart fresh path to growth *The race to transform Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) has begun as the new Group Managing Director of the company, Mrs. Olatokunbo Fagbemi has unveiled her plans to make it customer centric, bring in new innovation to continue to retain its 65 per cent market share in aviation ground handling business. As a prelude to re-invigorate the company, the firm had in the last two months invested about…

Carrier airlifted 322 passengers  in 2018 General Manager, Air France-KLM Nigeria and West Africa, Mr. Michel Colleau said the high improvement in Nigeria’s economy in 2018 saw to the increase in number of passengers carried by his airline and other foreign carriers operating to the country. He described 2018 as year of revival for the Nigeria’s economy, stressing that everyone benefitted from it in terms of passenger number. Speaking at the airline’s Customer Appreciation Night…