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AASA urges UK to reconsider decision to ‘Red List’ Southern African nations

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AASA urges UK to reconsider decision to ‘Red List’ Southern African nations

The decision to add South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and Namibia to the United Kingdom’s rest following the outbreak of a new COVID-19 variant is not going unchallenged. The travel restrictions placed on the Souther African nations take effect from today. To this end, the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) noted with distress the UK Government’s announcement that it will place South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Eswatini back onto its “Red…

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Nigeria Air: FG to float IPO, begins operations with three aircraft

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Nigeria Air: FG to float IPO, begins operations with three aircraft

  The Federal Government on Thursday announced that beginning from next week it would start sending out Request for Proposals to investors interested in owning shares in the proposed national carrier. It also expressed hope that the carrier, Nigeria Air, would be quoted on the stock exchange, adding that Nigerians would be allowed to buy shares in the airline that was being planned to commence operations with three leased aircraft. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi…

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New, fuel-efficient aircraft as game-changer for Nigerian airlines

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New, fuel-efficient aircraft as game-changer for Nigerian airlines

Nigerian airlines are changing strategy with a shift from the operation of ‘old’ aircraft to more efficient, fuel-saving airplanes. WOLE SHADARE writes that this could be a game-changer Proving naysayers wrong The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating effects on air travel and aviation were massive. All over the world, the future of airlines was bleak, fueling suspicion that it could take the sector more than four years to return to full recovery. For the…

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FG to hold 5% equity, entrepreneurs 46%, 49% foreign investors in new carrier

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FG to hold 5% equity, entrepreneurs 46%, 49% foreign investors in new carrier

New airline, Nigeria Air takes off April 2022-Minister   The long-awaited national carrier for Nigeria could see the light of day as the Nigerian government has set April 2022 for the take-off of the long-anticipated airline, Air Nigeria. Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika made the disclosure on Wednesday after the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister stated that government would hold a 5%…

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Kenya Airways, SAA Sign Deal To Co-Start Pan African Airline Group

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Kenya Airways, SAA Sign Deal To Co-Start Pan African Airline Group

In what could be the first of its kind in Africa, Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways PLC (KQ), has signed a Strategic Partnership Framework today with South African Airways (SAA), a key milestone towards co-starting a Pan African Airline Group by 2023. The partnership framework follows the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) that the two airlines signed two months ago to foster the exchange of knowledge, expertise, innovation, digital technologies, and best practice between the two…

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Normalcy returns, flights resume at all airports

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Normalcy returns, flights resume at all airports

NAMA MD, NCAA DG, controllers hold fresh meeting   Normal flight operations have resumed at all the airports as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has intervened in the situation that led to air traffic controllers slowing down air traffic following a protest over the death of one of their colleagues.   The Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu in a statement made available to Aviation Metric said, “NAMA hereby wishes to inform the…

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Adopt simple, practicable measures to facilitate travel, IATA tells govts

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Adopt simple, practicable measures to facilitate travel, IATA tells govts

As borders reopen after several months of the Covid-19 hiatus, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments to adopt simple, predictable, and practical measures to safely and efficiently facilitate the ramping-up of international travel. Specifically, IATA urged governments to focus on three key areas such as simplified health protocols, digital solutions to process health credentials, and COVID-19 measures proportionate to risk levels with a continuous review process IATA was worried about the COVID-19 pandemic and…

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Apprehension as controllers embark on warning strike, slow traffic

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Apprehension as controllers embark on warning strike, slow traffic

NAMA working to resolve crisis, airlines cry out How Effiong’s death triggered controllers’ action     Passengers travelling within the country yesterday were subjected to delays which in some cases led to flight cancellation as air traffic controllers embarked on a warning strike. They are to do this by slowing down traffic flow, placing departure time by 20 minutes on domestic flights at the four major airports in Lagos, Abuja, Port-Harcourt, and Kano. The Nigerian…

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Air Travel: Nigeria Records 50% Rise In Passenger Traffic

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Air Travel: Nigeria Records 50% Rise In Passenger Traffic

A total of 6,420,820 passengers travelled through domestic and international airports in Nigeria between January and June this year, representing 50.5 per cent innationalLagoscrease over 4,267, 409 recorded same period in 2020.  Passengers Traffic Statistics Report made available by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) indicates that the figure comprised 5,513,098 domestic passengers and 907,722 international travellers. According to the report, Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos processed the highest number of international…

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Dana Air Appoints New Deputy Chief Executive Officer

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Dana Air Appoints New Deputy Chief Executive Officer

  Mr. Sukhjinder Paul Mann is the new Deputy Chief Executive Officer, effective from November 22, 2021. According to a statement by the Media and Communications Manager of Dana Air, Kingsley Ezenwa, the new DCEO is expected to work with the team to bring a new perspective and fresh initiatives to the role to further strengthen the management team. ”Mr. Sukhjinder Mann is a Briton and has worked with many leading commercial airlines in Africa…

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