Aviation

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…

70 foreign registered aircraft, 46 active 23 carry Nigeria’s registered mark   The Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu has admitted that there are some gaps in the system that allows proliferation of foreign registered aircraft operating in the country. He however assured that that the issue would be solved after the review of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulation which is before the National Assembly and which becomes a law after…

Lauds NCAA for nabbing culprit, seeks stiffer penalty for offenders   More plaudits have come the way of Nigeria’s aviation regulatory body, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for nabbing an illegal charter operator masquerading as simply using his aircraft for private operation. This is coming as Chairman, West Link Airlines, Capt. Ibrahim Mshelia described offenders as economic saboteurs, just as stated that the regulatory agency needed the support of all in order to effectively…

Ibom Air to acquire two A220 aircraft Months after painstaking brainstorming on the possibility of a domestic codeshare airline pact, history was made today when Ibom Air And Dana inked a codeshare agreement that has become the first ever in the Nigerian aviation industry. The Codeshare alliance will commence full service in June 2021 according to a joint statement by the carriers.. For the Nigerian aviation industry, the collaboration that could ensure stability of the…