Aviation

Connecting Europe and other countries of the world by air from Africa is easier compared to connecting the African continent just as opportunities now abound for airlines to close the gaps, writes WOLE SHADARE   Flying from London to Athens is not generally considered a massive undertaking. It is a given fact that the journey will be direct, take three-and-a-half hours, and Europeans would not require a visa.   The situation is more pathetic if…

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Med-View Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankola, Facility Manger, Med-View Airline, Mr. Emmanuel Kehinde Basanya and his wife Mrs. Helen Basanya after receiving his 10 years service award at Med-View Airline 2016 night award held in Lagos.   Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Med-View Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankola, (left), presenting award to Chief Executive Officer, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, (BASL), Capt. Jari Williams at Med-View Airline 2016 night award held in Lagos. From left,…

 Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Medview has linked its inability to return baggage of its passengers to the inability of Gatwick Airport Authorities to screen the baggage after the airline had deployed another flight to return the baggage.   Medview was in the news for its inability to bring back passenger luggage; a situation that caused pain to hundreds of travellers who arrived without their luggage.   Passengers had arrived Nigeria from Gatwick London and due…

Credit: AFP A Russian military plane crashed on its way to Syria on Sunday, with no sign of survivors among the 92 onboard, who included dozens of Red Army Choir members heading to celebrate the New Year with troops. The Tu-154 plane went down in the Black Sea shortly after taking off from the southern city of Adler where it had been refuelling, defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a briefing broadcast on the…

Some airlines have approached the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for protection over high level poaching of pilots and engineers. Aside that, the carriers are doing soul searching over high incidents of pilots cross-carpeting from one airline to another, a situation that has been attributed to poor remuneration and appalling condition of service by offering to pay more to retain their high skilled workers. The operators are seeking assistance from NCAA to ensure that the…

From Suleiman Idris, Lagos A former Managing Director of the Federal Airports of Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Richard Aisuebeogun has called on airline operators to build carriers that would stand the test of time by seeking strong financial partnership and open themselves up for investors. Aisuebeogun stated that a report of survey carried out in May, 2016 says over the past 12 years nearly 37 airlines were launched in Africa, and almost all of them…

      Lament lack of air connectivity in region     The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said notwithstanding Africa’s growth drivers, the continent’s huge potential for air transport is under-explored.  He stated that Africa’s failure to integrate and liberalize its intra-regional air transport market has been cited as a significant reason why growth in the air transport market has not reached its huge potential. Special Representative of the President of ECOWAS Commission in…

Aviation experts said for the aviation sector to grow, there is the need to build airlines that would stand the test of time by going into partnership with foreign companies and other willing private investors. To them, airlines need strong financial muscles to make them survive by opening it up to several investors and spread the risk. A former Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Richard Aisuebeogun, stated this in…

Nigeria ‘ s flag carrier airline, Medview today deepened intra African trade relations as the carrier launched services to Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monrovia, Liberia via Accra, Ghana. Medview ‘ s inaugural flights to the two cities brought excitement to travellers who yearned for strong connectivity with nations in West Africa and Africa as a whole following depletion of services by carriers which showed promise at inception but ceased operations shortly after. Flight services by the…