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Tax not solution to aviation sustainability-IATA

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the clearing house for over 290 global airlines has warned that the reliance on taxation as the solution for cutting aviation emissions in the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ proposal is counter-productive to the goal of sustainable aviation. The body further stated that EU policy needs to support practical emission reduction measures such as incentives for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) and modernization of air traffic management. “Aviation is committed to…

United Airlines invests in 19-seat electric aircraft – set to fly by 2026

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Wole Shadare

United Airlines Ventures (UAV) announced today it, along with Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and Mesa Airlines, has invested in electric aircraft startup Heart Aerospace. Heart Aerospace is developing the ES-19, a 19-seat electric aircraft that has the potential to fly customers up to 250 miles before the end of this decade. In addition to UAV’s investment, United Airlines has conditionally agreed to purchase 100 ES-19 aircraft, once the aircraft meet United’s safety, business and operating requirements. Mesa…

Flight Delays, Cancellations: Tightening Noose On Airlines

Posted on July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria is witnessing a new normal in flight delays and cancellations. The double whammy is taking the joy out of air travel. WOLE SHADARE writes that at their core, airlines promise a simple service — timely transportation — yet they make little progress toward improving that basic offering Sirika worried, kicks The pronouncement by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, last week, that passengers whose flights are delayed by over two hours are bound to…

Kenya Airways Launches Time to Think Service for Customers

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Kenya Airways PLC (KQ) has launched its Time to Think service that offers customers additional time before they make payments for their bookings. Customers will be able to book their flight and place the booking “on hold” for up to 21 days before they can make their payments. In addition, the product offers customers protection from ticket price increases and a way to avoid penalties in case of adjustments in their travel plans. The airline has focused on creating a model that…

Fast-growing Greek airline, SKY Express inks deal for six ATR 72-600 airplanes

Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Market-leading turboprop manufacturer ATR and SKY express, a fast growing airline in Greece, has signed a deal to acquire six ATR 72-600 aircraft, the first of which was delivered on June 30. This marks an important step in the airline’s fleet development plan which will see the further five ATR 72-600 joining its fleet over the next 12 months. The operational versatility of the ATR -600 series is proven worldwide and thanks to the ability…

Nigeria, US deepen ties, as Delta launches services to Lagos from New York

Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Trade between nations totaled $10.4b in 2019 United States based airline,Delta Air Lines has returned its operations at Lagos’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport to pre-pandemic levels. This comes as the carrier launches nonstop service between the capital and New York-JFK four times a week. Before now, the airline operated daily flights between its base in Atlanta to Lagos, as it is the sole airline from Nigeria that operates direct flights to Lagos, Nigeria from Atlanta, Georgia….

100% refund to passengers not novel, gazetted by FG in 2015-NCAA DG

Posted on July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Begins sensitization to enlighten passengers of rights The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that it would soon commence public sensitisation to further enlighten air travellers in case of flight delays or cancellations by airlines. The agency also said that the law on 100 per cent refund on air tickets in case of three hours delay is not novel to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulation (NCAR), stressing that it was gazetted by…

FG re-opens Osubi Airport

Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The Federal Government has reopened commercial flights at Osubi Airport in Delta. Speaking at the reopening ceremony on Friday at Osubi Airport in Okpe Local Government Area, the Airport Manager, Mr Wilson Egwato, said that the routes would be expanded soonest. The Federal Government had shut down commercial operations at the airport in February 2020, following the inability of the former operator of the facility, Shorelines Oil Services Limited, to run it optimally. The Airport is…

FG compels airlines to refund 100% airfares to passengers after two-hour delay

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The Federal Government has issued stern warning to airlines over incessant flight delay and cancellations that have taken the joy out of air travel. Consequently, the government has directed that operators in the country must refund the full cost of travel tickets to passengers after a two-hour delay, the Federal Government has said. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made this known on Thursday at the weekly State House Briefing in Aso Villa, Abuja. He read…

How stormy weather caused Chanchangi serious incident 11 years ago-AIB

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Agency releases Turkish Airline incident, others The Accident Investigation Bureau – Nigeria (AIB-N) today released the cause of Chanchangi Airlines serious incident, which occurred 11 years ago at Kaduna airport with 45 souls onboard. The agency equally released reports of additional seven aircraft serious incidents and an accident, including Turkish Airlines owned aircraft and issued nine safety recommendations. Briefing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Commissioner, AIB-N, Akin Olateru, said that the agency was notified of…

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