Aviation

The Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu has assured that the recommendation of the audit committee of all aviation fuel activities in Nigeria would be implemented. Nuhu in his speech at the inauguration of the joint NCAA audit committee of all aviation fuel activities in Nigeria stated that the aviation regulatory body’s foremost function is to ensure the safety of aviation activities in Nigeria and achieve the highest level of safety…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) marked the first 20 years of the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) at the IATA World Safety and Operations Conference taking place in Hanoi, Vietnam. Since 2005, the all-accident rate for airlines on the IOSA registry is 1.40 per million sectors, compared with 3.49 per million sectors for non-IOSA airlines.   In 2022, IOSA-registered carriers outperformed those not on the registry by a factor of four (0.70 accidents per million…

Why Arik is insolvent, plans conditional exit-Kuru The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Ahmed Lawan Kuru stated that the frustration encountered by the firm in setting up NG Eagle led it to sell the last stages of its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) to an unnamed company which plans to begin air operations. The NG project was truncated at stage five of the process of getting its Air Operator Certificate (AOC). The NG Eagle’s AOC…

 Why Nigeria won’t experience Morocco, Libya disasters   The Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof.  Mansur Matazu said his agency embarked on an aggressive Low-Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) project after the Sosoliso crash of December 10, 2005, describing it as a phenomenon that was very ‘dicey’ and ‘dynamic’ because the accident happened within seconds. On the afternoon of December 10, 2005, a landmark aircraft accident occurred at the Port-Harcourt International Airport. The tragic accident…

Not often do you see an airline in Nigeria that has done incredibly well as Ibom Air going by the pessimism of survival amid many challenges strewn in the ways of airlines in the country. Undaunted by fear of what would happen after his administration, the former Governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel put together bright minds with the vision to set up an airline known as Ibom Air; one that gave the people of…

Seeking to accelerate the production and deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), supported by Boeing, released a study today highlighting the potential for producing SAF and other biomaterials within sub-Saharan Africa. The study and its research were presented at the Aviation Africa summit today. The report, titled, “Fuelling the sustainable bi-economy: Creating Impact through landscape-level programmes”, explores the opportunity for SAF to drive a just energy transition in Africa…

As Nigeria and indeed Africa’s aerospace industry grows and becomes more dynamic, increasing demand for specialised skills is creating thousands of new opportunities for young people on the continent. Already, an estimated 7.7 million direct and indirect jobs have been created by the industry in Africa. Airbus predicts that a further 17,000 technicians, 14,000 pilots, and 23,000 cabin crew positions will be required across Africa in the next 20 years. European giant aircraft manufacturing company,…

Continent’s aviation losses put at $484 million in 2023 25% interest loans horrendous Africa accounts for 18% global population, but just 2.1% travel by air   The precarious situation of African airlines especially Nigeria was laid bare on Wednesday as the Vice-President of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for Africa and Middle East, Kamil Al-Awadhi said Nigeria ranks as the country with the highest charges in Africa, describing high taxes in the continent as…

United Nigeria Airlines will soon join the list of Nigeria’s flag carrier airlines as the carrier has received approval for the operation of international flights. According to the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development’s approval, the airline would operate international flights to the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).   A letter dated September 8, 2023, conveying this approval from the Ministry of…

Airlines were on Thursday subjected to chaotic passenger facilitation as they tried to beat the October 1, 2023 deadline for carriers to relocate to the new Murtala Muhammed International Airport terminal in Lagos. Many passengers waited endlessly for their baggage to be sorted out for onward loading into the belly of the aircraft and offloading of baggage from arriving airplanes. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo had last week on inspection…