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Ahead of the arrival of a number of its aircraft that went for maintenance, Medview Airline has started to broaden its marketing base with the opening of sales office at the Lagos Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja In a statement, the airline said the new office will cater for the needs of customers in Ikeja axis and its environs, who cannot make their purchase online or go the airport. According the CEO, Alhaji Muneer Bankole “our philosophy…

…Joins Chatham House Akin Olateru, the Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), has been elected Fellow of the prestigious Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) London; the longest established independent and impartial professional body in the world with members from all the aerospace disciplines. His election on June 5, 2018, was contained in a letter dated July 5, 2018 and signed by RAeS President, Rear Admiral Simon Henley and the Chief Executive, Simon Luxmoore. Olateru is…

The Honourable Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika is to lead a high-powered federal government delegation to Lagos as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) holds its first stakeholder’s interactive forum for the year 2018. The minister who has confirmed attendance will be the special guest of honour and is expected to declare the event open. The NAMA Stakeholders’ Interactive Forum which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, the 11th of September, 2018…

Members of Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEP) have urged Civil Aviation Authorities and all Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) in Africa to embark on relevant trainings that would boost their services.  The aviation professional body stated that CAAs and ANSPs should as a matter of urgency, make use of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) doc 10057 and 1007 for ATSEPs and CNS inspectors respectively to invest and build their capacity through effective relevant training…

Air traffic up by 2.4 million Ethiopian tops int’l air traffic figure     The new automation of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) revenue is yielding dividends as the aviation regulatory body said it recorded $16.98 million from Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) from international airlines and N9.16 billion from local airlines between the months of January and August this year. There are indications that the NCAA could double its revenue on TSC before the…

African airlines’ July traffic rose 6.8 per cent, second highest among the regions according to International Air Transport Association (IATA). July international passenger demand rose 5.3 per cent compared to July 2017, which was a deceleration compared to the 8.2% growth recorded in June. Total capacity climbed 4.7 per cent, and load factor edged up half a percentage point to 85.0%. All regions reported growth, led by Asia-Pacific for the first time in three months. Although…

  The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency has awarded Airbus the Enterprise NATO Public Key Infrastructure (E-NPKI) contract to design, implement and deliver a new framework of services for the management of public key certificates. The purpose is to improve secure communications among NATO organisations as well as between NATO and other organisations and countries. The new E-NPKI system will provide accredited certificate services on NATO networks up to secret level. Full service support…

At a time the country’s aviation sector is said to be enjoying relative peace, aviation unions, especially Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) are poised to puncture that peace as a result of endless ultimatum given by to Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) to unionise or get its operations disrupted. WOLE SHADARE writes that many unions in aviation are becoming clog in the wheel of aviation progress   The fresh threats by…

Countries need more than the advantage of geographical loca­tion to become a hub, write WOLE SHADARE   The dichotomy The air transport market in sub-Saharan Africa presents a strong dichotomy. In southern and eastern Africa the market is growing, with three strong hubs and three major African carriers dominating international and domestic markets, which are becoming increasingly concentrated. In contrast, in central and western Africa, the sector is stagnating, with the vacuum created by the…