16 ex-Bristow Helicopters workers undergo entrepreneurial training

16 ex-Bristow Helicopters workers undergo entrepreneurial training

Sixteen ex-workers of a leading helicopter service provider, Bristow Helicopters Nigeria  have been urged to invest their benefits wisely by taking advantage of new opportunities in the businesses environment. The ex-staff, at an entrepreneurial training organised by Bristow Helicopter were challenged to seek for opportunities in various sectors of the economy. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the three days programme in Lagos, facilitator of the training and Chief Executive Officer of Safecrest Services Limited,…

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Airbus C295W demonstrates air-to-air re-fuelling capability

Airbus C295W demonstrates air-to-air re-fuelling capability

Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated the Airbus C295W medium transport as an airborne tanker.   The C295W, equipped with a palletized air-to-air refuelling unit and associated computer control system, conducted multiple contacts with a standard Spanish Air Force C295 in a test flight on 29 September.    Both crews reported extremely smooth operation at various speeds as low as 110kt.    The system is intended for refuelling turboprop aircraft, helicopters, and eventually unmanned aerial vehicles.    Possible…

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Aviation workers shut aviation, protest airports concession

Aviation workers shut aviation, protest airports concession

  Aviation workers under the aegis of National Union of Air Transport Association Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) shut activities at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, albeit temporarily as they protested the planned concession of four of the major airports across the country. The four aerodromes slated for concession are the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, the Port-Harcourt International Airport and…

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Lufthansa Group to serve new holiday destinations over winter

Lufthansa Group to serve new holiday destinations over winter

 The airlines in the Lufthansa group – Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines – will be even a more attractive option for winter holidaymakers and business travellers this winter. As always, passengers can rely on the high standard of service, quality and reliability of the Lufthansa Group.   In the forthcoming 2016/2017 winter flight timetable, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group will offer its customers precisely 19,838 flights each week…

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Qatar, Boeing firm up order for fighter jets, wide-body airplanes

Qatar, Boeing firm up order for fighter jets, wide-body airplanes

Gulf carrier Qatar Airways is in the process of firming up order for the purchase of Boeing fighter jets. The order which was delayed by the Qatari government could now be sealed on Friday. Consequently, Qatar Airways and Boeing (BA.N) have concluded plans to hold a press conference on Friday, a spokeswoman for Qatar Airways told Reuters, as a big sale of Boeing wide-body jetliners looked close to being clinched. If the deal is finalised,…

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Govt. puts two Presidential planes up for sale

Govt. puts two Presidential planes up for sale

*Action to reduce cost of governance *Experts welcome move     Wole Shadare The Federal Government has put two of its ten airplanes, a Falcon 7X and Hawker Sidley 4000 for sale. The government has informed interested buyers of the luxury aircraft to inspect the Falcon 7X aircraft at the Presidential Air Fleet’s Hangar located at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while the Hawker 4000 aircraft can be inspected at Cessna Zurich Citation Service Centre,…

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Nigeria secures ICAO Council Seat

Nigeria secures ICAO Council Seat

Nigeria was unanimously voted for by 152 member state of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to secure Council seat in the Part II category at the on-going 39th Assembly of the world aviation regulatory body. This means that Nigeria will be a member of the Council for the next three years before another election. Expressing his happiness on the elation, the Minister of State (Aviation) Hadi Sirika said, “I feel great, I feel that…

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Nigerian passengers, others to enjoy free Wi-fi to US on Delta

Nigerian passengers, others to enjoy free Wi-fi to US on Delta

Nigerian passengers including those from Accra, Dakar, Johannesburg on America’s flag carrier airline, Delta are now to enjoy Wi-Fi on their flights to Atlanta as the carrier has completed the roll-out of Wi-Fi on its international fleet, enabling all customers flying on its nonstop services from Africa to Atlanta and New York-JFK to stay connected at 30,000 feet.   The final Boeing 777 – one of a number serving South Africa – has now been equipped…

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Why airline operators’ travails persist, by Ojikutu

Why airline operators’ travails persist, by Ojikutu

The present travails of the Nigeria Aviation industry, particularly the airlines are not about scarcity of fuel and the lack of foreign exchange, aviation security consultant, Group Capt. John Ojikutu (rtd) has said. The expert stated this in a paper he sent to Woleshadare.net in Lagos. He attributed airlines’ travail to what he described as lack of good management structure, single ownership and poor financial management of local and foreign earnings, the recurring debts portfolios…

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Airlines seek upgrade of navigational aids

Airlines seek upgrade of navigational aids

 …Say 70% delays caused by poor landing utilities Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have called for upgrade of the country’s airport landing aids and navigational equipment in line with global standards. Besides, the operators said that 70 per cent of delays and cancelations are due to poor landing aids. In a paper he made available to Woleshadare.net, chairman of AON, Capt. Noggie Meggison, who spoke on behalf of the…

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