Aviation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), increased by 12.1 per cent in August 2017, compared to the same period a year ago.   This was the fifth time in six months of double-digit gains on the previous year’s performance. Demand is growing at exceptional speed when compared to the five-year average growth rate of 4.4 per cent..   Freight capacity, measured…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for greater urgency in the partnership between governments and airlines to keep aviation at the leading edge of industries in managing their climate change impact.   The call came on the eve of the first anniversary of the historic global agreement on a Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) at the 39th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).   Director-General and Chief…

Training for 22 crash investigators There are indications that the inability to continuously train accident investigators by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) for over a decade may have led to delays in concluding accident reports.This was accentuated by lack of funding, which before now left the country’s accident investigative body prostrate.Commissioner, AIB, Mr. Akin Olateru, confirmed these in a chat with Woleshadare.net in Lagos.To this end, 22 staff of AIB are billed to travel to…

  Fifty-seven years of aviation in Nigeria is an admixture of the good, the bad and the ugly. WOLE SHADARE writes that the industry is very robust to provide efficient air transport system  In the beginning Air travel in Nigeria commenced during World War II (1939-1945) when it became necessary to move troops and supplies fast across the country. Several air strips were built then, which were converted after the war, to civilian use.Civil aviation…

  The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has taken steps towards entrenching a more effective digital accounting system that would meet the growing demands of the agency.   Speaking at a two-day NAMA Accountants Retreat which held in Lagos, Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu said the programme was borne out of “the agency’s commitment towards promoting transparency, accountability and fiscal discipline in the system, stressing that it had become imperative to reposition NAMA…

Winner of a Business Class ticket to any European destination and Lufthansa managing director Sub-Sahara-Africa, Claus Becker with Lufthansa staff in traditional Bavarian dressesn at the Banana Island Cultural Festival during Independence weekend.

  Delta Air Lines  has appointed Shane Spyak as its new Staff Vice President of Sales for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India (EMEAI).  Spyak will oversee Delta’s EMEAI sales organization with a specific focus on the region’s broad commercial activities.    Working alongside Delta’s European joint venture partners Air France KLM, Alitalia, and as well as Virgin Atlantic, he will be based at the Air France headquarters in Paris.    Spyak joined Delta in…

East African carrier,  Rwand Air  has joined the rest of world to celebrate Nigeria’s fifty seventh independence anniversary. The carrier said it is excited to celebrate with Nigeria and her strides in 57 years of nationhood  and her contributions to the growth of aviation in Africa. In the spirit of  the celebrations , Rwand Air , Country Manager, Ms. Ibiyemi Odusi said the carrier has unveiled discounted independence fares on its Lagos – Dubai, Johannesburg…

How Olateru is repositioning agency The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has commended the Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) for its rich accident investigation programmes which are expected to enhance air safety in the country. The Managing Director of NTSB, Mr. Denis Jones made the commendation while fielding questions from the media on the workshop organised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation in conjunction with the NTSB, for the agency’s staff at AIB headquarters…