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Various carriers across the world are looking ahead and seeking new and more effective approaches to rebuilding their airlines through code-share and interline arrangement. For the Nigerian aviation industry, the collaboration that could ensure stability of the carriers are lacking as experts in the aviation sector see code-share pacts among airlines as panacea to the trouble of connectivity, low capacity and serious flight delay currently experienced in the country’s aviation industry. To underscore the seriousness…

Africa’s largest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, was one of the few operators that remained cash positive during the peak of the pandemic, which was due in part to its successful cargo operations. Ethiopian operated its first cargo-only service on a passenger aircraft in March 2020, just as the world went into lock-down. The Addis Ababa-based carrier, like many of its peers, made the crucial decision to temporarily convert part of its fleet to carry cargo rather…

African airlines’ traffic dropped 68.0% in February versus February two years ago, which has been described as a setback compared to a 66.1% decline recorded in January compared to January 2019. Consequently, February capacity contracted 54.6% versus February 2019, and load factor fell 20.5 percentage points to 49.1%. This is coming as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that passenger traffic fell in February 2021, both compared to pre-COVID levels (February 2019) and compared to the…