Aviation

Air Côte d’Ivoire, Ivory Coast’s flagship carrier based in Abidjan, has taken delivery of its first A320neo, becoming the first operator of the type in the West-African region. This latest generation aircraft will join Air Côte d’Ivoire’s existing Airbus fleet of six aircraft. With improved levels of efficiency, this new aircraft will be deployed on Air Côte d’Ivoire’s regional network to serve Senegal, Gabon and Cameroon. Destinations like South Africa will be added at a…

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has lifted a near two-year ban on the Boeing 737 Max, meaning the aircraft is clear to return to service in the UAE. “Lifting the ban on the aircraft is the result of the intensive efforts by the authority’s technical committee to evaluate all the technical requirements by the US Federal Aviation Authority, Boeing and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which led the committee to identify the technical…

Airbus reported consolidated Full-Year (FY) 2020 financial results and provided guidance for 2021. “The 2020 results demonstrate the resilience of Airbus in the most challenging crisis to hit the aerospace industry. I want to thank our teams for their great achievements in 2020 and acknowledge the strong support of our Helicopters and Defence and Space businesses. I would also like to thank our customers, suppliers and partners for their loyalty to Airbus,” said Airbus Chief…

As part of its obligations to policyholders, Linkage Assurance Plc has settled the hull claims for the Quorum Aviation helicopter that crashed in Lagos last year. The underwriting firm disclosed this while hosting members of the Lagos Area Council of Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB). According to the Managing Director, Linkage Assurance, Daniel Braie, the underwriting firm insured 100 per cent the chopper that crashed in the Opebi area of Ikeja killing three…

  Air Namibia, the national carrier of Southern African nation, Namibia would cease to operate as from February 11, 2021 according to the management of the airline. The cessation of operations of the airlines brings to the fore struggling African countries national carrier and at best many of them that are at the brink of collapse after so much public funds had been injected into them without hope of survival. Their problems have been worsened…

  NANTA lauds FG, faults UAE on Antigen test The effects on COVID-19 on air travel and its attendant effects on the country and economy was made manifest as total tickets sold for the first quarter 2020 decreased by $132 million. This is a sharp reduction of $282.35 million sold Q1 2019 by foreign carriers that operated in and out of the country. A data obtained from the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), captioned,…

 Again, Emirates cancels flights, passengers stranded For two consecutive days, Emirates Airlines failed to operate out of Lagos and Abuja amid concerns that the pact reached by Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the later’s suspension of Rapid Antigen Testing (RDT) prior to departure of Emirates flights from Nigeria with immediate effect until such a time that the required infrastructure is made available by the Nigerian government may not have gone down well with…

  Acquires N235 million x-ray machines     Nigeria’s flagship privately operated airport terminal, Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2, (MMA2) Lagos has embarked on a massive upgrading of its X-ray machine and air conditioning systems for passengers safety, security and comfort among other facilities. The terminal is the first successful Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in Nigeria and has changed the face of the aviation industry, leading to airlines and passengers to now demand better services from…

Cites operational reasons   Emirates Airlines which got its suspension upturned by the Federal Government of Nigeria over issues relating to COVID-19 test few hours after it fell under government’s hammer has cancelled today’s flights to Lagos and Abuja. The airline in a notice to its trade partners said, “We wish to inform you that LOS-DXB (EK784) and ABV-DXB (EK786) flights scheduled for Saturday 06 February 2021 that have been cancelled due to operational reasons. DXB-LOS (EK783) and…

The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn the requirements for Rapid Antigen Testing (RDT) prior to departure of Emirates flights from Nigeria with immediate effect until such a time that the required infrastructure is made available by the Nigerian government. This came few hours after the Federal Government in a show of strength barred Emirates from operating to Nigeria. For what it described violations of its directives on testing of departing passengers, the Nigeria Civil Aviation…