Aviation

Offer customers greater choice   Delta Air Lines and Kenya Airways PLC have expanded their codeshare agreement, increasing the choice of destinations offered by Delta in Africa and extending Kenya Airways’ reach in North America via the U.S. gateway of New York-JFK. The new agreement enhances the airlines’ already extensive codeshare network to offer seamless travel to a total of 39 cities across Africa, the United States and Canada. The enhanced agreement enables Delta customers…

Why African airlines bleed-Olumide Emirates first-ever loss, a one-off-Experts     The first ever loss recorded by one of the biggest airlines in the world-Emirates Airlines in 33 years signposts the devastating effects of COVID-19 pandemic to global aviation industry. The impact is colossal even for state owned carriers that are heavily backed by their various governments as major carriers that have never reported losses were hit. Airlines like Ethiopia Airlines, reputed to be the…

  The United Arab Emirates may have blinked following the standoff between her and Nigeria over modalities for PCR tests and rapid test as the country has lifted a travel ban on Nigeria, India and South Africa. A message from the Dubai Media Office said passengers from Nigeria are expected to have received a negative result for a PCR test taken within 48 hours before departure. Passengers are also expected to present a negative PCR…

Emirates reports its first ever loss in 33 years. It announced an AED 22.1 billion ($6 billion) Group loss for its financial year 2020-2021 on June 15. The airline branch contributed to this loss with AED 20.3 billion. Emirates is giving no guidance on its current financial year, but aims “to recover to our full capacity as quickly as possible.” With its financial year running from March to March, Emirates suffered all the pain from…

The CEOs of all airlines that offer UK-US passenger services – American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic joined today with Heathrow Airport and other industry-leading CEOs in calling for the re-opening of transatlantic travel, a move that will be essential to igniting economic recovery. Top leaders in aviation and travel came together ahead of the G7 meeting in Cornwall later this week to push for the reopening of…

  Foreign carriers import check-in backup system FAAN seeks travellers’ understanding     Foreign airlines operating out of the country are going through hectic time with passenger facilitation and quick departure of passengers following the coming to end of ten year contractual agreement between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Societe International Telecommunication Aeronautiques (SITA) for automation of the international airports in Nigeria which came to an end on May 2, 2021. Consequently,…

  A ground collision was averted Wednesday when a cargo Ethiopian airline (ET-ASL) from Addis Ababa veered off the taxi-way and got stuck in a mud at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Ground collision is one that occurs while an aircraft is taxiing to or from a runway in use. While most occurrences on airport aprons and taxiways do not have consequences in terms of loss of life, they are often associated with aircraft damage,…

  Proposes, 30 years concession for Lagos, Abuja airports, others Denies selling aerodromes     The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has again explained reasons the Federal Government took the decision to concession some of the country’s airports, saying that although the airports have huge potential, they are currently operating at a sub-optimal level. Some of the airports considered for concession are Lagos, Abuja, Port-Harcourt, Kano and Enugu which sources said have reached advanced stages…

Controllers allege due process recruitment violation Grapple with terrestrial frequency, others Traffic Controllers under the aegis of National Air Traffic Controllers Association, (NATCA) have raised alarm over obsolete tools they work with including the deplorable state of many of the control towers across the nation which they say could hamper air safety. The group also lamented what it described as poor radio communication frequency between pilot and air traffic controllers during flight operation. Communication facilities…

New Zambia imposes Airlink, the independent Southern African regional airline has advises travellers to Zambia that new restrictions have been introduced, which may affect their travel plans. The airline, in a statement made available to Aviation Metric, said with immediate effect, all travellers must test negative for COVID-19 in a PCR test taken no more than 72 hours prior to their departure to Zambia. Travellers will be required to present the negative test result certificate…