Aviation

The Airbus A320, the model of the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday, is one of the most common planes in service around the world today. Some key facts about it: —Similar to the Boeing 737, the single-aisle, twin-engine jet is used to connect cities that are between one and five hours apart. —The A320 is generally considered one of the safest passenger planes in service. Airbus says it has had 11…

*Experts to debate pressing aviation issues The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has confirmed the lineup for its 2016 Aviation Day Africa Summit, with theme, “Driving African Economies through the Power of Aviation, scheduled to hold in Abuja, Nigeria on May 23-24, 2016. Senior IATA officials will be joined by the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Muhtar. S. Usman, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika. The Deputy Regional…

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that the largest and the most modern aviation academy in Africa, has been recognised as the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Regional Training Center of Excellence at the ICAO’s Global Aviation Training and TRAINAIR PLUS symposium held at Conrad hotel in Seoul, Korea, recently. The academy attained the recognition following a rigorous assessment of the Training organization, Training & Procedures Manuals, Facilities, Training Processes, Qualification of Staff and Quality System. The…

*FAAN rakes in N7.5 million daily from JET A1 tax, scarcity ends *3 million litre fuel consumed daily          Except the Federal Government urgently repair the broken down pipelines linking the Atlas Cove to the airports, particularly the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, aviation fuel crisis would continue to persist. The pipelines ruptured in 1992 and since then, aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1 is brought to the airports in tankers that in most cases have…

 The Emirates Group today announced its 28th consecutive year of profit and steady business expansion, ending the year with record profits, and in a strong position despite the global and operational challenges during this period. During the 2015-16 financial year, both Emirates and dnata achieved new capacity and profit milestones, as the Group continued to expand its global footprint, and strengthen its business through strategic investments.  Released today in its 2015-16 Annual Report, the Emirates…

 Piqued by incessant cancellations, the aviation regulatory body, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has expressed concern over taking passengers for granted with the spate of un-operated flights the country. Several reports from the Consumer Protection Officers (CPOs) and aggrieved passengers have inundated NCAA’s offices from across the nation’s airports. Notwithstanding, the regulatory authority said it is very much aware of the prevailing challenges as regards aviation fuel, saying it is expected that the airlines should…

*New flying rule begins July The Federal Government is set to probe over 3,000 jobs that were allegedly done without due process between 2011 and 2013 in the aviation industry. The investigation came hours after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) disclosed that the new Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs), promulgated in December 2015, would take effect from July 1, 2016. Already, a circular has been sent to the Chief Executive Officers of all the…

  *FAAN inaugurate runway safety committee   The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) today disclosed that the new Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs) promulgated in December, 2015, will take effect from July 1,  2016. This was contained in a Circular Ref: NCAA/DG/AOL/21/16/01 sent to all airline operators last month. Spokesman for NCAA, Sam Adurogboye stated that whilst all operators are in possession of the copies of the regulations, the interregnum between April and the commencement…

  *Shake up looms in agencies Five top officials of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency ( NAMA ) standing trial for N9.6 billion theft have been suspended from office. With the suspension, the officials ceased to be employees of NAMA pending the determination of their cases. The suspended officials are the Managing Director,  Ibrahim Abdulsalam,  Director Finance,  Clara Aliche, Acting General Manager ICT, Bola Akirinbido, Acting General Manager,  Procurement, Muyiwa Adegorite and Acting General Manager…

    By JOHN O. OJIKUTU   The indebtedness of the Nigeria Domestic Airlines grew up to the present level today because, most of the operators are sponsored by or are sponsors of political office holders in government. With the ‘attitude of we own the government’ most of these operators had no intention of paying for the services rendered to them by the  government services providers, despite the Economic Regulation Provisions in the National Civil…