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The difficulties encountered by Nigerian carriers from acquiring newer air planes from lessors have been attributed to inability of carriers to abide by law governing the Cape Town Convention, according to the Managing Director of Spring Fountain, Mr. Tunde Fagbemi. Fagbemi was also the Chairman of Maevis Aviation Limited, a travel solution firm that helped in seamless passenger facilitation at most of the nation’s airports. He stated that until that it is done, any one…

Nigerian airline business has come a long way and has faced a lot of challenges for survival. WOLE SHADARE writes about key challenges that have weighed them down   Insight The occasion was at Aviation Round Table (ART) Quarterly Business Breakfast meeting in Lagos. Experts in the aviation gathered to listen to papers presented by some of the best brains in the industry. It was not as if they were saying something new, but hard times airline…

British Airways has announced the appointment of Andrew Brem, who will serve as the carrier’s chief commercial officer, as well as a member of the British Airways management Committee. Previously holding the role of chief digital officer at Aviva, an FTSE-100 insurance business, Brem has held leadership positions in a number of organisations. This include serving as managing director of British Gas’ Hive, as well as managing director, Multi-Channel eCommerce & Services at Carphone Warehouse….

There are indications that Nigeria’s passenger traffic could hit 32 million by 2036 if the country maintains the momentum between now and that period,Woleshadare.net has learnt. This figure is part of the projection of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that it expects 7.8 billion passengers to travel in 2036, a near doubling of the four billion air travellers expected to fly this year. The Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) had put both domestic and international…

  ·                     Enhances Inter-connectivity In West Africa Overland Airways, one of Nigeria’s leading scheduled and charter airlines, will inaugurate its Lagos-Cotonou-Niamey flights on October 3, 2018. Overland Airways’ Lagos-Cotonou-Niamey flights will operate on Wednesdays and Fridays. The flights will depart Lagos at 19:00, arrive Cotonou at 19:30 for a brief stop-over and depart Cotonou at 20:00 to arrive Niamey at 22:00. The flights will leave Niamey at 05:00 on Thursdays and Saturdays to arrive Cotonou at…

In celebration of the Customer Service week 2018, the SERVICOM department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN, embarked on a road walk to appreciate its numerous customers across airports. The road walk was help simultaneously at all airports managed by FAAN. The train of SERVICOM officers at the Lagos airport clad in SERVICOM T-shirts and caps moved from the FAAN headquarters to the FAAN Human Resources building, the Medical center to the General Aviation…

Orders additional 24 A320neo and three A321neo  Lufthansa Group has converted 27 A320neo Family options into firm orders. Following a decision by the company’s supervisory board, the Group signed for an additional 24 Airbus A320neo and three A321neo aircraft. Ten of the aircraft will be deployed with Lufthansa Group’s Swiss International Air Lines. Part of the order will be powered by PW engines and the other by CFM Leap 1A, so both engine types are…