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Mango Airlines, the low cost arm of state-owned South African Airways, was cleared to resume flying after resolving a dispute with the country’s airports operator over non-payment of fees. The carrier agreed with Airports Company South Africa to make a part-payment on what it owes and commit to ways to settle the remaining debt, according to a statement from ACSA on Wednesday. All Mango flights had been suspended earlier after it was blocked from using the…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged states to comply with recommendations on international travel from the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee on testing and risk management during the COVID-19 pandemic.   In particular, IATA highlighted the following recommendations for states: “Do not require proof of vaccination as a condition of entry.”  IATA believes that the freedom to travel across borders should not be limited to those who are able…

First aircraft arrives in Lagos Set for demonstration flights   To show its seriousness to begin operations, the much awaited, Nigeria’s Lagos-based value airline, Green Africa has taken delivery of its first ATR72-600 aircraft. The airplane arrived Lagos.  The airline in a statement by its Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications, Oyinade Osobajo said this is the first of the three aircraft currently leased from ACIA Aero Leasing. The airline recently unveiled the livery of two…

An Uyo-bound passenger on Ibom Airline, Mr. George Etuk has commended the Aviation Security (AVSEC) personnel at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal two (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) after receiving his lost baggage containing the sum of N2, 350, 000 and other vital documents. The incident, according to BASL AVSEC Manager, Mr. Olatubosun Okeowo, occurred while the passenger who just returned from the United States of America was at the terminal to…

Over one million passengers were processed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos between January and March according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). This statistics sounds rather encouraging considering the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is still around; a situation that restricted movements all over the world. Statistics obtained from the FAAN revealed that a total of 323,751 passengers out of which 149,557 passengers and 174,194 passengers arrived and departed through the international…

French lawmakers have moved to ban short-haul internal flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. Over the weekend, lawmakers voted in favour of a bill to end routes where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours. Connecting flights will not be affected, however, reports the BBC. The planned measures will face a further vote in the Senate before becoming law. Airlines around the world have…

The Ghanaian Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has confirmed that the ongoing Kumasi International Airport expansion project is on track to be fully completed this year and opened for service as soon as next year. Speaking to the after a site to the visit to the site, Asiamah said, ‘We expect the second phase of the project to be completed by June 2021, while the third phase which is concurrently ongoing, will be completed…

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) branch has concluded plans to embark on a nationwide protest with effect from May 4th, 2021 should FAAN management fail to implement their conditions of service (COS) agreement. The National Secretary of NUP, FAAN branch,  Emeka Njoku at a rally held at the local Airport, Lagos said, the management of FAAN had bluntly refused to implement recommended COS as agreed by the committee…

The Federal Government has concluded plans to pay the last tranche of severance pay to ex-workers of the liquidated Nigeria Airways.  Consequently, the Federal Government has set aside about N5 billion to clear off final batch of ex- Nigeria Airways employees ,whose number is put at about  1, 000 Aviation Metric learned. In 2018, the former airline workers received part of their severance package after waiting 11 years. They underwent verification across designated centres in…

Airlines Make Case For Countries To Start Accepting Rapid Antigen Tests Global airlines have urged governments to accept rapid antigen tests for their COVID-19 testing requirements following the publication of new research by OXERA and Edge Health. Currently, most countries require travellers to take a PCR test before travelling. But airlines believe the lack of uniformity in the current system leaves passengers confused and is dampening what little air travel demand there is. The OXERA-Edge…