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Dana Air is inching towards a return to flight services as the carrier announced that it has concluded its internal Safety Management Systems (SMS) Training for top management staff and post holders. Speaking on the concluded safety training, the Accountable Manager of the airline Ememobong Ettete said, “We have just concluded our Safety Management Systems training for top management staff and post holders. “The NCAA audit is also still ongoing and we have made a huge progress…

The low demand for air travel on the Nigerian route and the near apathy for air travel is beginning to lead to a sharp cut in capacity by foreign carrier occasioned by low season and the long time it took the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release $265 million out of the $464 million airlines’ funds trapped in Nigeria. The CBN had last week after a month of intense pressure by the affected airlines…

  Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ) has appointed Travel Point LLC as its General Sales Agent (GSA) for Oman. Travel Point LLC takes full responsibility for selling airline products in Oman, handling the needs of the travel trade and KQ customers, hence growing KQ’s market share in the Oman market. The General Sales Agent will represent the interests of KQ in the Oman market including communication with all relevant stakeholders and customers, reservations, and…

LABS produces IATA Best Performers for 9th Time Since 2012   Landover Aviation Business School (LABS) has again produced the Best Performer in Nigeria in the July 2022 Diet of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Foundation in the Travel and Tourism Course. Mr. Eze Victor Ugorji, the best performing graduate, achieved a distinction in the July 2022 Diet of IATA Foundation in the Travel and Tourism Course and was crowned IATA’s Overall Best Performer…

May fuse NCAA, NAMA, NiMet, stakeholders kick Recommends FAAN’s privatisation   The submission of the Steve Oronsaye report to the Secretary to the Federal Government, Boss Mustapha last week Friday is beginning to unsettle nerves in the nation’s aviation industry. Not a few thought that the Federal Government had jettisoned the controversial decision to merge many of the Ministry, Department, or Agency (MDAs) to save costs. The Oronsaye committee last year made recommendations in its…

Says keeping carriers’ funds, dangerous How Abdulmutallab, raised security apparatus in Nigerian aviation-Experts     A former Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Dr. Harold Demuren has proposed a way at solving the embroglio between Nigeria and foreign airlines over the carriers’ $464 million trapped funds. Demuren had at the Aviation Round Table (ART) second quarter 2022 Breakfast Business Meeting, with the theme, “Perspective in Multi-Layer Aviation Security System and Passenger Facilitation”, held…

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has expressed concern about the likely loss of jobs occasioned by the withholding of $464 million of airlines’ funds. In a letter to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika signed by NUATE General Secretary, Ocheme Aba disclosed the ugly situation of hundreds of millions of dollars earned by foreign airlines operating in Nigeria, but which they have been unable to repatriate due to Nigeria’s foreign exchange challenges…

The 2022 Nigerian Aviation Forum (NAF) featured a number of experts in the aviation industry. The aim of the conference organized by the 7Star Global Institute of Management Science and Technology was aimed at using the vast knowledge of experts to help tackle corruption in the aviation sector. The forum admitted that fraud is a big issue in the aviation industry and experts have likened it to a leaking tank. Some have also said that…

  Mega carrier, Emirates Airlines has taken the hard decision to stop flight operations to Nigeria in its futile efforts to repatriate its over $85 million trapped in the country. To this end, the carrier announced that it would cease flight services to Nigeria on Sept 1, 2022. The $85 million Emirates fund is part of the over $450 million airlines’ funds still withheld by the country. Other countries in Africa that hold on to…

In a bid to give customers some of the biggest customer experiences, the mega carrier, Emirates is investing $2 billion to enhance its inflight cabins. The carrier is also undertaking a massive programme to retrofit over 120 aircraft with the latest interiors, plus an array of other service improvements across all cabins starting in 2022. Emirates is still flying on its brand promise of ‘Fly Better.’ Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airlines said: “While…