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Lufthansa Group, the biggest Airbus operator, has signed an order for 20 additional A350-900 wide-body aircraft, following a decision by the company’s supervisory board. This latest agreement brings Lufthansa Group’s total orders for the A350 XWB to 45 with 12 aircraft already in operation around the world.  “The A350 meets all our expectations. The aircraft is extremely reliable and the feedback from our passengers is excellent,” said Dr. Detlef Kayser, Member of the Executive Board…

Pilot complained of problem before crash-Gabremariam More troubles for the embattled Boeing as Nigeria yesterday barred B737MAX 8 from its airspace in the aftermath of the crash of an Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max 8 plane that killed all passengers on board. Minister of State, Hadi Sirika, announced the ban Wednesday in Abuja at the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Aside from grounding the…

 Doyen of Nigeria’s aviation Capt. Dele Ore took a cursory look at the aviation with a verdict that the sack of 47 Nigeria Airways pilots in one fell swoop by the Federal Government led to the downward spiral of the sector. The sack he said occurred in December 1988. Ore who spoke at the unveiling of his book, “The Learned Commander” said the decision taken by the Federal Government in the defunct national airline was…

Minister allays fears over crashed airplane in Nigeria Nigeria’s aviation think-tank, Aviation Round Table (ART) has called on the aviation regulatory bodies across the world to demand that the aircraft be temporarily grounded from commercial operations. President ART, Gbenga Olowo in a statement lamented that the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft B737 Max NG on Sunday 10 March was the second within 5 months coming on the heels of the crash in Indonesia of the same aircraft…

  While passenger traffic is increasing marginally, the joy of air travel is fast diminishing in Nigeria’s aviation sector with astronomical rate of flight delays and cancellations. WOLE SHADARE writes Quick facilitation Time is of essence in global aviation business. Just a minute delay, according to experts, is enough to ruin an entire operation and cost the airlines dearly. In other airports around the world, the standard time for processing a passenger through the checkpoint screening is…

 African airlines saw January traffic rise 5.1 per cent, up from 3.8 per cent last December according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its global passenger traffic results for January 2019. The global passenger traffic results for January 2019 shows traffic (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 6.5 per cent compared to January 2018. This was the fastest growth in six months. January capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) rose 6.4 per cent,…

Black boxes recovered No plan to stop order-Air Peace Pilot had 8, 000 flying hours  Several countries grounded their fleets of Boeing’s latest 737 model, in the wake of Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash, while the plane-maker’s stock plunged almost 12 per cent in early trading – its biggest drop since September 2001. The move, if maintained through normal trading hours, would be the biggest fall in Boeing’s stock in nearly two decades, halting a surge…

B737MAX acquired in November A Nigerian, Professor Pius Adesanmi who teaches at Carlton University in Canada is among the 157 including eight crew members that lost their lives in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737MAX that crashed shortly after take-off from Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday morning. Adesanmi reportedly survived a motor accident along Oyo-Ogbomoso road by the whiskers in July last year. The second person is Ambassador Abiodun Bashua of the Ministry of…

All 157 people on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed soon after taking off from Addis Ababa have been killed, the airline said on Sunday morning. The plane, en route to Nairobi, Kenya, lost contact at 08.44 am local time soon after taking off, at 08:38 am local time, from Bole International Airport in the Ethiopian capital. The aircraft, flight number ET 302, went down near Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa. The airline believes there…

 Air Senegal has taken delivery of its first A330-900 from Airbus’ production line in Toulouse. The carrier is the first African airline to fly Airbus’ new generation wide-body aircraft featuring latest technology engines, new wings with enhanced aerodynamics and a curved wingtip-design, drawing best practices from the A350 XWB.  Fitted with a three-class cabin comprising 32 Business class, 21 Premium Plus and 237 Economy class seats, Air Senegal plans to operate its first A330neo on its Dakar-Paris route and to further develop its medium and…