Aviation

CBN may blacklist firms, to release trapped airlines’ N117.6 billion funds ‘soon’     The big travel agents like Satguru, Wahiguru, Blueberry and others particularly based in India and South East Asia take advantage of the relative ease in ticket issuance through APG IET and other Global Distribution Systems (GDS) like Amadeus, Galileo and Sabre among others issue what is generally known as Sold OutsideTicketed Outside (SOTO) tickets. Your airline ticket is a SOTO, (Sold Inside Ticketed Outside), Sold Outside…

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for holistic reforms to manage the long-term need for a stable talent base for the ground handling sector. Thousands of ground handling staff left the aviation industry during the pandemic. Now as aviation ramps up, the severe shortage of skilled ground handlers is shedding light on the need for reform to stabilize the talent pool. In the immediate term, the most pressing issue according to the…

  Xejet Limited and the Government of The Republic of Sierra Leone have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to operate Regional and International Flights from Lungi International Airport, Freetown. The Government of Sierra Leone and Xejet have been in discussions and have now agreed that the company may establish and operate a national carrier for the Republic of Sierra Leone.   The parties further agreed to work together to successfully execute the project to…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has commenced an emergency remedial work on the failed distressed pavement of the runway 18R/36L of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. According to the airport authority, rehabilitation work will only be on May 28th and May 29th from 0600 to 1300. The runway would also be closed on June 4, 2022, and June 5th, 2022 which could see congestion at the Lagos aerodrome. A circular dated May 24th, 2022, entitled,…

20 safety recommendations to NCAA, FAAN, NAMA The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) yesterday released three reports of serious incidents and accidents involving Max Air’s B747 with registration 5N-DBK which occurred on September 6th, 2019; Azman Air’s B737-500 with registration, 5N-AIS and Nigerian Police Airwing, Cessna Citation 560 XLS aircraft as well as Azman Air Service Limited, As part of its safety recommendations, the AIB stated that  Azman Air Services Limited should implement fully, the Flight Data Monitoring programme as…

  But for the quick intervention of the Anambra state government, the Anambra International Airport would have remained shut following plans by air traffic controllers and other essential service providers to down tools following the ejection of the workers from their hotels. The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) workers had already refused to go to work; an action that would have disrupted flight operations to Anambra State. Scared of a backlash, Aviation Metric learnt that…

  As Africa works towards situating a common position on the Green Economy ambitions of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO’s) LTAG compliance framework, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu said the Fly-2-Green Nigeria initiative would lead the way to drive Eco-System conservation programs, creating measurable and verifiable, gold standard Carbon Sinks across the Great Green Wall and the wetlands of Nigeria to guarantee up to 1M tons of…

  Nigeria signs technical, air safety deals with Rwanda, S’Leone     The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu said the agency has helped to save over $20 million by domesticating some of its key mandatory courses with its inspectors. by holding over 400 courses and training since the COVID-19 pandemic started. This is coming as the country’s apex aviation regulatory body is currently helping Liberia’s aviation authorities to audit its…

The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) Mr. Mathew Lawrence Pwajok said the agency is working hard to develop and publish Visual Flight Rule (VFR) charts locally. An aeronautical chart is a map designed to assist in the navigation of aircraft, much as nautical charts do for watercraft or a roadmap for drivers. Using these charts and other tools, pilots are able to determine their position, safe altitude, the best route to a destination, navigation aids along the way,…

 Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika that the Federal Government and the country’s carriers would have to reach a middle ground on how to stem the continuous price of aviation fuel, urging the operators not to be part of the problem and not add to the by their actions that also led to a crisis in the aviation industry. Sirika who spoke at the 7th Africa-Indian Ocean (AFI) Aviation Week currently going in Abuja attributed the high…