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Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika has restated Nigeria’s commitment to the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA)  assuring the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and foreign airlines that his Ministry was concerned, and will do her very best to resolve the matter of blocked funds as soon as possible. The Minister stated this on Tuesday when he met with the IATA and foreign airline operators to discuss the salient issues affecting the organizations and the country. He…

  Dana Air has received some of its aircraft from maintenance and will be introducing a flash sale of N45,000 for those who plan their trips early enough and book ahead on its website www.flydanaair.com The airline in a statement said, “We are pleased to announce that we have taken delivery of some of our aircraft from maintenance. These aircraft have undergone proper maintenance in line with our strict safety standards, documentation, and certification to…

In what could be its first major task since transmuting from Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) to the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), the multi-modal accident investigative body has been charged by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika to immediately swing into action to unravel the cause of the accident involving a Lagos State bus conveying workers to work that collided with a passenger train on Thursday. Sirika directed the NSIB experts to commence an immediate…

During January, African airlines saw cargo volumes decrease by 9.5%  compared to January 2022.  This was an improvement in performance compared to Dec 2022 (-10%). January 2023 capacity was 1.8% below January 2022 levels with the African continent accounting for 2% of the global air cargo market. This was contained in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for January 2023 global air cargo markets showing that air cargo demand declined as economic headwinds persist. According…

Qatar Airways is gearing up for growth in Africa, establishing new routes and increasing frequencies on others. Africa is amongst the fastest growing aviation markets, with the sector expected to be valued at $400 billion by 2040 and with annual increases in passenger traffic of 5,4%. To meet this projected demand, Qatar Airways has this year added more flights on the Doha, Lusaka, and Harare routes and is now flying daily, up from three weekly…

Non-schedule maintenance, bad weather reason for cancellations-Source Carrier apologises to customers    The dearth of airplanes has led to the cancellation, albeit temporarily of Dana Airlines flights. Although nobody knows when the suspension of flights would last, there are indications that it could last for days depending on when the airline’s planes that had been ferried for checks would return. While some adduced the shortage of Dana airplanes for the epileptic services it is providing,…

India’s flag carrier and the latest addition to Tata Group’s aviation portfolio, Air India is only a step away from making aviation history, with a potential deal set to nearly double its recently announced mammoth order of 470 aircraft from leading manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing. Record-breaking order If finalised, the new deal will bring Air India’s total orders to 840 aircraft, marking the biggest aircraft order in the history of aviation, in a bold endeavour…

A foremost aircraft management and charter flight company, Leading-Edge Aviation, has emerged as the best operator in the Charter Flight Category of the Nigeria Aviation Awards. The company won the Charter Flight Award at the 12th edition of the Nigeria Aviation Awards and Ministerial Dinner in Lagos on Saturday. Leading-Edge Aviation emerged as the best among the over eight companies voted in the category. According to the organisers of the award, Leading-Edge got 180 votes,…

Plans to recruit 10,000 employees in engineering, manufacturing roles   The US aircraft manufacturing giant, Boeing has announced plans to cut nearly 2,000 white-collar jobs in finance and human resources, highlighting that some of the jobs will be outsourced to contractors in India, according to CNN. he planned redundancies will largely target office staff. Meanwhile, the company plans to recruit 10,000 employees in engineering and manufacturing roles. “We have and will continue to communicate transparently with…

Laments job losses, decries FG’s lack of protection   Nigerian travel entrepreneurs under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agency (NANTA) have again raised the alarm over the alleged exploitation of Nigerians by foreign airlines, noting that the attitude of the carriers in refusing to open the lower ticket inventories amounts to taking advantage of the market they operate in. The national president of NANTA, Mrs. Susan Akporiaye at a world press…