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Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace has demonstrated the premium it places on safety and maintenance of its fleet, signing a multi-year aircraft spare parts deal with plane maker, Embraer. The deal, the airline confirmed in a statement, would cover more than 250 components for the six Embraer 145 jets it recently added to its fast-growing fleet in line with its drive to connect unserved and underserved domestic and regional routes under its subsidiary, Air…

   28 airlines now connected to Skywise Reliability Airbus has presented its new reliability analysis software at MRO Europe 2018. Called “Skywise Reliability”, this new solution has been developed by Airbus and is offered with Skywise Core. The application integrates all relevant fleet-wide data – such as part replacements, flight plans and delays and historical maintenance actions – and fully automates reliability reporting, saving airlines hours per week. Furthermore, it allows users to ‘drill down’…

 It is said that after battles, warring factions return to the drawing board or the round table to fashion out way forward and to ensure that issues that led to war are never repeated. That underscores the importance of peace in any human endeavor.   Last week was tough for Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, (BASL), the various aviation unions, concessionaires and service providers at the imposing MMA2 as the unions for two harrowing days shut…

   Nearly 550 helicopters representing 146 customers are sharing data with Airbus Helicopters with the goal of gaining actionable intelligence that improves operational performance and business results.  “In less than two years we’ve brought the number of helicopters connected to Airbus Helicopters from zero to nearly 550,” said Matthieu Louvot, Executive Vice President, Customer Support & Services for Airbus Helicopters. “We’re pleased that helicopter operators are seeing the value that data sharing and analytics promise, such as…

Man dies at verification centre Over 1,000 ex-workers’ of Nigeria Airways out of the 5, 968 could start receiving their severance benefits as early as Thursday according to top official of verification team for the exercise, Mr. Lookman Animashaun. The verification exercise which started on Monday entered its second day yesterday as the Presidential Initial on Continuous Audit (PICA) have until next week Monday to complete the exercise. The tedious exercise which brought many senior…

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has been awarded the Best Government Exhibition Agency at the just concluded 2018 Abuja International Trade fair as a result its vast awareness created. This is the latest in the series of awards the agency has been garnering in the last one year. While congratulating the team that coordinated the participation of the Bureau at the yearly event, the Commissioner of AIB, Akin Olateru enjoined all staff of the agency…

 A foremost Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensed Aircraft Dispatcher and Ground Instructor, Mrs. Victoria Adegbe, has called for a review of the laws guiding Charter Flight Operations so that Aircraft Dispatchers can be mandated to ensure safety. Featuring as the only speaker representing West and North Africa at the 6th Safety in African Aviation Conference held in Kigali, Rwanda on September 13 -14, 2018, she stated that the safety rule…