Aviation

Med-View Airline stole the show last at the weekend at the 2016 Nigeria Aviation (NIGAV) Awards night emerging the airline of the year and clinching two other awards. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole won the coveted award of airline CEO of the year while a pilot of the airline, Capt. Usman Saleh Yahaya emerged as the Pilot of the Year. NIGAV is an annual award used to recognize excellence…

Having given approval to Nigeria’s fastest growing airline, Medview Airlines Plc, the council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) would on January 31, 2017 list its entire issued share capital on the Exchange, in a move that will see the return of the airlines industry to the stock market after the delisting of the previous carriers. The Quotation Committee, which oversees listing at the Exchange, had last year approved the listing of Med-View Airline. Med-View…

  *Lauds NIGAV Promoters *Wants Best For Aviation Sector   Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika has said that at a crucial time in Nigeria’s national history especially with the economic challenges faced by all sectors of the economic spectrum, including aviation, only the best is good enough to produce the desired improvements in the aviation industry.   This he stated, would in turn, positively impact the experience of all consumers of r services…

  Dana Air has launched a valentine campaign which will afford passengers of the airline the opportunity to fly for less when they book a return ticket on any of the airlines’ route network.   According to Dana Air’s Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, “From now till Valentine’s Day, our guests will get the best fares as low as 15,300 (one way) across all our sales channels when they book return tickets.’’   ‘’Over 30,600 seats…

Delta has been named Business Airline of the Year 2017 at the U.K.’s Business Travel Awards, beating competition from airlines including EasyJet, Etihad Airways, Norwegian and Qatar Airways.    The award is a first for Delta at the annual event, and the first time in over a decade that a U.S. airline has scooped the title.   The 22nd Business Travel Awards were judged by a panel of corporate travel managers and industry specialists, who credited…

……Unknown importer fails to produce, choppers handed to Nigeria Air Force …..Puts duty value at N9,757,135,240.68 billion  The Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command of Nigerian Customs Service ( NCS), today seized two Bell civil models Bell Helicopters imported into the country by unknown importers. The two Bell Helicopters were handed over to the Nigerian Air Force for failure by the unknown importers to produce end user certificate from the office of the National Security Adviser…

  Turkish Airlines and Pakistan International Airlines have expanded their codeshare cooperation starting on February 1st, 2017. Inclusion of the new routes will enable both airlines step into new market while offering passengers various possibilities to travel.   With the expansion of the existing codeshare agreement, Pakistan International Airlines will be able to sell Turkish Airlines’ beyond Istanbul points of  Atlanta, Johannesburg, Atina, Amsterdam, Tashkent, Moskova, Miami, Boston, Houston, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago with…

Turkish Airlines has enhanced its in-flight entertainment system, featuring a completely redesigned and improved user interface that makes the offered entertainment content and information services even more enjoyable and easier to use. According to a press statement in Lagos the airline said the redesign is based on an extensive study conducted by professional usability and user experience laboratories to maximise user-friendliness. “With the latest technologies and developments incorporated into the design based on scientific studies,…

Helicopter service operators in Nigeria are already seeing a huge rise in clientele, as demand seems to outstrip supply. Wealthy Nigerians, whose private jets cannot land in Abuja during the six-week period when the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja would be shut down, are seeking help on how to make their journey from Kaduna to Abuja seamless. All flights to Abuja will terminate in Kaduna Airport pending the completion of works on the Abuja airport….

*Provides scheduled services to affluent clients Nigeria’s largest helicopter operator, Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) has diversified into fixed-wing operations. This is coming as the carrier plans to acquire two Embraer aircraft as soon as its niche market which comprises high end, affluent clients grows. The operations which commenced on December 5, 2016 provide more glamorous services to meet their needs. Bristow seems to have taken advantage of many commercial airlines that souped up their premium cabins…