Aviation

Med-View Airline at the weekend took delivery of its Boeing 737-500 aircraft after undergoing a comprehensive check in far away Estonia. The airplane was immediately deployed for its Accra operations on Sunday. The Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer of Med-View Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole received the aircraft on arrival at the Murtala Mohammed Airport two (MMA2) in Lagos alongside other top management staff of the airline. The interior part of the aircraft was branded with…

Emirates is amplifying its inflight entertainment offering, adding a second dedicated sports channel to its ice TV Live onboard – now available on over 90 of its Boeing 777 aircraft. Busy globe trotters and travelling sports fans can now enjoy more live sporting action than ever before. Sports 24 Extra, the second dedicated sports channel, will complement the existing Sports 24 channel to offer double the live sports coverage on ice Digital Widescreen- Emirates’ award…

*NAMA may get a new MD next week *Sack looms The Federal Government may have begun the restructuring of some of the aviation agencies as no less than ten General Managers in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were demoted to what the Ministry of Transportation said is their appropriate grade levels. Some of the General Managers are said not to have the requisite qualifications to man some of the sensitive positions they held,…

As part of efforts towards supporting youths and teens in their entrepreneurial drive, Dana Air has called on youth to avail themselves of the opportunities that the Annual Teens Empowerment conference is offering. The annual conference comprises of sessions on leadership, entrepreneurship, Career Discovery, and personal development and Dana Air is the official airline sponsor for the event scheduled for 23-24 of June, at Baze University, Abuja. According to Accountable Manager of Dana Air, Mr Obi…

*Hands over 678 pieces of elephant tusks to NSREA *38kg of Pangolin seized Just one week after the International Air Transport Association (IATA) raised the alarm that illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) from Nigeria and other African nations, including Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Ethiopia and Angola, is worth $19 billion annually, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Command of Nigerian Customs Service ( NCS), Ikeja , Lagos have arrested two Chinese over attempt to smuggle out prohibited items…

  Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have sought the assistance of the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika in tackling the myriad of problems confronting carriers in Nigeria.   The operators, had in a meeting held with Sirika, highlighting their problems to include the constraints to foreign exchange (Forex) access; availability, pricing and distribution of Jet A1; taxes on importation of aircraft and its spare parts as well as other multiple…

A witness in the ongoing trial of Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Abdulsalam Ibrahim today informed the Federal High Court Lagos how the sixth defendant Bola Akinribido and the second defendant Segun Agbolade connived and diverted the sum of N855, 000, 000.95 property of NAMA. At the last adjourned date, the witness Babatunde Adelekan had disclosed that between August 2013 and September 2015 there was an inflow of N837, 221, 137…

*New A350 orders reach  800 mark Aircraft giant, Airbus received 77 orders for the popular single-aisle A320 Family, as well as six A350XWBs  to raise total bookings for this new Xtra Widebody jetliner above the 800 mark. This was contained in new business logged by Airbus during May, 2016. The month’s 57 deliveries included aircraft from across the company’s product lines.   According to the firm, all six A350 XWBs added to the order book are A350-900s…

Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) from Nigeria and other African nations, including Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Ethiopia and Angola, is worth $19 billion annually, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. The clearing house for 260 global airlines disclosed this to our correspondent in Dublin, Ireland, at its 72nd Annual General Meeting (AGM), which ended at the weekend. Consequently, IATA and many of leading aviation organisations are partnering with governments and conservation organisations to raise awareness of…