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Wakanow, Africa’s foremost travel tech company, has today announced an exclusive distribution partnership with ValueJet, a Fly for Value Aviation Company and Nigeria’s newest domestic airline, to host ValueJet’s inventory on their website and increase local flight inventory available to local travelers. This partnership is aligned with Wakanow’s aim of delivering access to all local flight inventory in real time and an all-year-round flight schedule. It also showcases her continuous commitment to the development of the domestic…

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has said the Federal Government has decided to enforce the section of the Civil Aviation Act (2022), Act prohibiting “strikes and riots around our airports”. According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Act. He also said the Federal Government had approved N10.08 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of projects in the aviation sector. The minister confirmed these to newsmen ahead of the weekly Federal Executive…

 Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji has called for restraints over the ongoing industrial dispute between the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company, (NAHCO) and its workers. Nnaji also urged the management of the ground handling company to immediately enter into dialogue with the leadership of the union to avert further disruption of flight operations across the country. He equally appealed to the union to douse its agitation and show concern for…

Delta Air Lines has reported financial results for the December quarter and full year of 2022 and provided its outlook for the March quarter of 2023.  Highlights of the December quarter and full-year 2022 results, including both GAAP and adjusted metrics, are highlighted. “Delta people rose to the challenges of 2022, delivering industry-leading operational reliability and financial performance, and I’m looking forward to recognizing their achievements with over $500 million in profit-sharing payments next month,”…

Registers 1, 078 gross new orders   Aircraft maker, Airbus Airbus said it delivered 661 commercial aircraft to 84 customers in 2022 and registered 1,078 gross new orders. Airbus’ end December 2022 backlog stood at 7,239 aircraft. “In 2022 we served 84 customers with 661 deliveries, an increase of 8 percent compared to 2021. That’s obviously less than we were targeting but given the complexity of the operating environment I want to thank the teams and…

  Delta said it would offer fast, free Wi-Fi in partnership with T-Mobile to all customers on board most domestic mainline flights beginning Feb. 1, 2023– the first major U.S. airline to offer free Wi-Fi as a core element of its customer experience.1 The airline will offer the service on more than 700 Viasat-equipped aircraft by the end of 2023. Delta also announced plans to bring free Wi-Fi on international and regional aircraft by the…

The Director-General of the newly created Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Akin Olateru said the agency is currently working on a three to five years plan. He said that the plan was awaiting approval from the Ministry of Aviation. The three to five-year plan after approval would put the agency on a great pedestal of the multi-modal task it is currently engaged in with signing into law the NSIB Act by President Muhammadu Buhari. The…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet has warned the public about the possibility of deterioration in horizontal visibility as a result of thick dust haze propagated into the country from the source region in Niger. The release from the Central Forecast Office (CFO) of the Agency indicates that “favourable conditions for Dust-Haze propagations into the nation will worsen horizontal visibility’. “Stations in Niger (Maine-Soroa, Goure, Maradi, N-guigmi, Diffa and 61091) and Chad (Ndjamena) have both persistently…

  Airline at 90% completion stage, group lists benefits   There are indications that the planned national carrier, Nigeria Air was 90 percent ready before some airlines went to court in a bid to abort the project. Consequently, the training of over 40 pilots and cabin crew is ongoing by Ethiopian Airlines in Addis Ababa just as there are plans by the Federal Government is moving swiftly to vacate the suit filed by Air Peace,…

Despite low infection, vaccination rate in Africa stands at 24.6% The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has stated that the COVID-19 infection rate in Africa is low despite the low vaccination rate of a paltry 24.6 percent compared to the global average of 68.5%. The continent’s airlines’ representative body disclosed that worldwide, the number of cases has reached 630 million and 12.6 million in Africa, stressing that the recovery rate is 99.98% worldwide compared to 98.01%…