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Air Peace cautions against flight disruption Air Peace has cautioned unions in the aviation sector against the reported plan to picket airlines in the country, warning that it would not sit idly by and allow anyone disrupt its flight operations or prevent its guests from flying. The airline issued the warning on the heels of media reports of a plan by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and unions in the aviation sector to picket some domestic airlines at…

  In line with its strategy of innovation for the future of vertical flight, Airbus Helicopters is developing an experimental on board image processing management system aimed at performing automatic approaches and landing in challenging conditions, as well as paving the way for future sense and avoid applications on autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) systems.   Code-named Eagle, for Eye for Autonomous Guidance and Landing Extension, this system federates the entire helicopter’s image processing functions…

  Following the commencement of their partnership, Emirates and flydubai announced that Emirates will expand its network to 29 flydubai destinations across three continents.   The new partner network, through its codeshare, will offer greater frequency and easier access to more global destinations with the advantage of connecting baggage to the final destination.    Passengers can book from October 3rd, 2017 on Emirates.com, through the Emirates Contact Centres or the travel agents network with travel…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), increased by 12.1 per cent in August 2017, compared to the same period a year ago.   This was the fifth time in six months of double-digit gains on the previous year’s performance. Demand is growing at exceptional speed when compared to the five-year average growth rate of 4.4 per cent..   Freight capacity, measured…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for greater urgency in the partnership between governments and airlines to keep aviation at the leading edge of industries in managing their climate change impact.   The call came on the eve of the first anniversary of the historic global agreement on a Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) at the 39th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).   Director-General and Chief…

Training for 22 crash investigators There are indications that the inability to continuously train accident investigators by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) for over a decade may have led to delays in concluding accident reports.This was accentuated by lack of funding, which before now left the country’s accident investigative body prostrate.Commissioner, AIB, Mr. Akin Olateru, confirmed these in a chat with Woleshadare.net in Lagos.To this end, 22 staff of AIB are billed to travel to…

  Fifty-seven years of aviation in Nigeria is an admixture of the good, the bad and the ugly. WOLE SHADARE writes that the industry is very robust to provide efficient air transport system  In the beginning Air travel in Nigeria commenced during World War II (1939-1945) when it became necessary to move troops and supplies fast across the country. Several air strips were built then, which were converted after the war, to civilian use.Civil aviation…

  The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has taken steps towards entrenching a more effective digital accounting system that would meet the growing demands of the agency.   Speaking at a two-day NAMA Accountants Retreat which held in Lagos, Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu said the programme was borne out of “the agency’s commitment towards promoting transparency, accountability and fiscal discipline in the system, stressing that it had become imperative to reposition NAMA…

Winner of a Business Class ticket to any European destination and Lufthansa managing director Sub-Sahara-Africa, Claus Becker with Lufthansa staff in traditional Bavarian dressesn at the Banana Island Cultural Festival during Independence weekend.