Aviation

Minor elements of actionable subsidies to be addressed The WTO Appellate Body has published today the first of two rulings expected this year on subsidies in the large commercial aircraft dispute between the US and the EU. The first ruling is the Appellate Body’s final report on the EU’s compliance with previous World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) findings in the case against Airbus (DS316). The second ruling – dealing with Boeing’s case – is expected later…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has called for a high level of vigilance by the Airlines, especially those operating international and regional flights into the country. This was contained in a circular with ref no. NCAA/DG/AMS/Vol.1/196, dated 11th May, 2018, dispatched to all operating airlines. In the circular, all airlines were informed of the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 8th May, 2018. However, the outbreak of EVD in…

Harald Wilhelm (52), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Airbus (stock exchange symbol: AIR), has decided to leave the Company in 2019 in agreement with the Board of Directors.  Harald Wilhelm has served Airbus and its predecessor companies for 27 years in various finance roles and he has been CFO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft for the last 10 years and on top group CFO for the last six years.  Harald Wilhelm commented: “After 18 years at…

Experts are now convinced they have finally uncovered what happened to the disappeared Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. Mystery has surrounded the doomed MH370, which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers on board since March 2014. A panel of aviation experts have been working towards an explanation for the vanished Boeing 777, most of which was never found, as part of an investigation by Nine News in Australia. Ex-Senior investigator with the…

Ask airline to return AOC to agency The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the Air Operators Certificate (AOC) of First Nation Airways indefinitely for what it described as flagrant and continuous violation of the terms and conditions of issuance of its licence. The NCAA has therefore determined that, pursuant to Section 35(2),(3) (a) (ii) and (4) of the Civil Aviation Act, 2006, First Nation Airways is no longer fit to operate air transport…

New state aerodromes, sheer waste  Bayelsa, Ekiti, Abia, Osun and Ogun states cannot justify the N200billion planned investments they made on airports, a report obtained by Woleshadarenews has shown.  These states initially started their airport projects with so much vigour. But as time passed, the same enthusiasm is paling into what may appear as abandoned airport projects. When completed, these investments may not significantly improve their economies.  Although the Ogun State cargo airport project started during the…

Etihad Aviation Group recently hosted its Pitch Day and awards ceremony to celebrate the winners of the second edition of its Fikra University competition. The programme, run in partnership with Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), aims to foster entrepreneurship and innovation among university students across the UAE and provide participating students with the opportunity to put forward solutions for a range of challenges facing the aviation industry.   Held at Etihad’s Training Academy in Abu…

 Following a fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has re-assured passengers and other airport users of safety across its network of airports.  In a statement released at the Authority’s Headquarters in Lagos, FAAN noted that since the first recorded case of the virus in Nigeria, through an American-Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, the authority has not relaxed its surveillance at the airports to forestall…

  Plans £4.5 billion investment plan   British Airways is expanding its African network by starting three weekly flights directly from London Heathrow to Durban, South Africa. The service will be the only non-stop link between Europe and Durban and will be operated by the airline’s newest aircraft, the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Durban is the second new African route British Airways will start this year. In March it began flying twice weekly to Seychelles from…

The second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport may suffer some delay due to delay in passing the 2018 budget, Woleshadarenews has learnt. The project it was learnt, is estimated to cost over N60 billion. Aside that, it was also learnt that the project has just over N15 billion as budgetary allocation, which is a paltry sum for a project of such magnitude. In the 2017 budget, N10billion was voted for the project and in 2018,…