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Set second altitude world record and crossing Armstrong Line   Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, made history again yesterday in El Calafate, Argentina, by soaring in the stratosphere to a pressure altitude of over 62,000 feet (60,669 feet GPS altitude). This set a new gliding altitude world record, pending official validation. The pressurized Perlan 2 glider, which is designed to soar up to…

NCAA raises alarm over fraudulent ticketing practices President, National Association of Nigeria Travel Agents (NANTA), Mr. Bernard Bankole lamented that about 90 per cent of the estimated 6, 000 travel agencies in the country are not registered with NANTA. He stated that that the economic situation in the country had further compounded the situation, pointing out that when people lose their jobs, the first thing they do is to quickly go into travel business, creating…

Agency to review regulation   Nigeria’s apex accident investigation body, the Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AIB) processes and procedure have been adjudged to be in line with global best practices according to former Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency (BAGAIA) and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) representative, Mr Caj Frostell and Chief Air Safety Investigator, Safety Investigation Authority, Finland, Mr. Ismo Aaltonen  He has been an international auditor (audit / gap analysis) of the aircraft accident…

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace on Saturday took delivery of its second Boeing 777 aircraft. In a related development, the airline, which made history as the first Nigerian carrier to acquire and take delivery of a Boeing 777-200 on February 23, 2018, assured that it would soon announce dates for the launch of its long-haul operations to London, Houston, Dubai, Sharjah, Guangzhou-China, Mumbai and Johannesburg. The new aircraft, a 320-seater Boeing 777-300 named “Ojochide”…

Aviation has the potential to make an important contribution to economic growth and development within Africa. WOLE SHADARE writes The potential The resolve by many African carriers to embrace the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) can open and connect markets, facilitating trade and enabling African firms to link into global supply chains. While many air markets between Africa and countries outside of Africa have been liberalised to a significant extent, most intra-African aviation markets…

Dana Air and Mma2 have entered into a partnership to reward passengers with low-cost tickets when they fly Dana Air from the terminal four times consecutively.   The promo which entails passengers to fly four times with Dana Air and get the 5th one at the rate of N5000 will run for one year.   Speaking on the reward program, the CEO of Bi-courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of MMA2, Captain Jari Williams said,…