Aviation

  The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Accident Investigation Bureau of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (AIB-KSA) to enhance aviation safety in both countries. According to the Director-General of the NSIB, Akin Olateru, the MoU, which was signed Monday by both parties at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, would ensure cooperation and assistance in the field of civil aircraft accident and incident investigation. He added that the cooperation…

Condoles agency chief over mother’s death   The retired Managing Director of the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Mr. Dennis Jones has lauded the giant strides of Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) for its tremendous role in the improvement of air safety in the country. Jones in a letter he personally sent to Commissioner, AIB, Akin Olateru, and made available to Aviation Metric described the gains made by the AIB under Olateru’s leadership…

  The Ghanaian Government for months battled for a name for its new national airline that is expected to be launched in January 2023. Ahead of the selection, names such as Akwaaba Airlines, Black Star Airlines, and Kente were mooted as part of the efforts to get suitable names that will reflect Ghana’s culture and boost the enterprise. But the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, presenting the 2023 budget before Parliament on November 24, 2022,…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has highlighted the high rate of aging professionals in the aviation industry and called for the quick implementation of succession plans by young professionals in all areas of the aviation value chain. A new army of expatriates has swarmed the industry like locusts, with the attendant huge personnel costs to airlines and effects on the economy through capital flight. Unless urgent steps are taken, experts posit, the industry will…

Uber users will soon be able to collect Avios on every journey they take by car, coach, or train booked via the Uber app, by simply linking their British Airways Executive Club and Uber accounts. From later this month, members of the airline’s loyalty programme will be eligible to collect one Avios for every £1 spent on any ride, whether that be by car, coach or train, booked on the Uber app in the UK….

The Regional General Manager, of South-West Airports, Muhammed Mamman lamented the financial outlay borne by various operators in taxiing to and from the international zone runway 18R/36L for more than 14 years that the Lagos airport 18/L went with airfield lighting. Mamman said by fixing the problem was an exhibition of commitment to safety and the growth of the industry and to national development. There are indications that the carriers, over the years, may have…

Backs new face for Lagos airport insists no going back of facility demolition     Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika said there is no law in the country that should stop the Federal Government from setting up or widwifing an airline for the country, stressing that he cannot see any rationale for any court of law stopping somebody or a nation from setting up an airline. The Minister was reacting to reports (Not Aviation Metric) that…

A coalition of aviation unions made up of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) and the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) have faulted what they described as muddling up of the Ministry of Aviation its roadmap project and the delay in executing many of the projects. The unions at a joint press briefing at Lagos…

More than three months after Dana Air was grounded for safety infractions, the airline has concluded plans to resume flight operations on November 9th, 2022 after a successful conclusion of an audit by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) The resumption of flight services by the carrier brings to an end a rigorous audit by the NCAA to ensure that the airline operates safely and by the books. The airline in a statement said ”…

The Federal Government has disclosed that the second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport will gulp N92billion. The cost covers the construction of the runway, taxiways, links, fencing with gates, internal perimeter and crash roads, service roads, and drainage. It was also disclosed that with adequate funding, the project would be completed in the next six months. So far, the contractor has been mobilised to the site and has done five percent of the…