Aviation

Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines have announced plans to establish a joint venture for the manufacturing of aircraft parts, marking a significant collaboration between the aviation giant and Africa’s largest state airline. The initiative comes with an initial investment of $15 million, as revealed by the state investment authority. The partnership will also involve the local state-owned Industrial Parks Development Corporation, according to the Ethiopian Investment Commission. The venture is set to encompass the production of…

  The Aviation industry in Nigeria cannot withstand another round of industrial action. Any industrial action that has the potential to cripple activities in the sector would have dire consequences on the entire aviation value chain. To ensure that that position is maintained, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA) has intervened in the planned strike of the Aviation Security (AVSEC) and logistics sub-sector billed to commence today, Wednesday. The aviation regulatory body in its…

The Naira floatation policy by the Federal Government has continued to take a toll on airlines as they are reeling under the effects of the policy. The policy which has led to the devaluation of the Naira technically has put them in a precarious situation and has equally led to high costs to carriers just as the galloping costs have made it very difficult to raise fares. Another operator who spoke on condition of anonymity…

  The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is worried about the lack of adequate insurance cover for aircraft and other service providers. As a result, the agency has concluded plans to enforce regulations on insurance, to ground defaulting carriers, service providers The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has demanded compliance with Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig. CARs) 2022 on insurance cover to be maintained by all allied aviation services providers. This directive is contained in…

European carriers circumvent airspace, travel longer distances to destinations Fear over Mali, Burkinafaso joining Niger to close airspace Airlines suspend flights to Bamako, Ouagadougou     Aircraft especially overflying Niger’s airspace are incurring huge costs of fuel, and longer journeys by circumventing the country’s airspace following the closure of the airspace of the crisis-riddled nation. The Niger’s junta closed its airspace on Sunday in response to the West African regional bloc after ignoring its deadline to reinstate…

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has signed the Civil Aviation Masterplan (CAMP) with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The Director General of Civil Aviation Nigeria, Captain Musa Nuhu, and ICAO Secretary General Mr. Juan Carlos Salaazar signed the agreement during a recent visit by the DGCA to ICAO in Montreal, Canada. The Master plan when implemented will further unlock opportunities in the Nigerian aviation industry. According to Nuhu, “This is a major step…

Says airline to start operations Oct. Nigeria Air to give ET foothold in Nigeria   The insinuations that the proposed national carrier project, Nigeria Air has been truncated may actually not be true. There are indications that the Federal Government in partnership with Ethiopian Airlines, a majority shareholder in the yet-to-be carrier is forging ahead with the deal that had raised questions about the processes to birth the carrier. The processes for the all-important Air…

The Acting Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Mrs. Tosan Duncan Odukoya said the organisation’s persistent training of its workers has given them the tools required to manage the terminal and make it stand out among several airport terminals in the country. Odukoya who spoke at the recently concluded League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) in Lagos re-emphasised that that brings the…

Seeks partnership to reposition airline business, says BASA not one-sided   The Managing Director of Medview Airlines, Muneer Bankole has advocated very strong partnership as one of the most reliable ways for the country’s carriers to be prosperous. He however doubted the capacity of the country’s airlines to compete with their foreign counterparts because of the huge cooperation that exists amongst them. He also stated that the environment the foreign carriers operate in is very…

The Director-General of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Akin Olateru has said that any robust economy is largely dependent on the functioning of one vital sector of its infrastructure-aviation. He further listed infrastructure, regulations, human capital, and equipment as the bedrock of an organisation’s success, especially in the aviation industry which is highly capital-intensive. He called on stakeholders in the sector to be proactive and seek ways and invest in equipping their staff with…