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Africa’s biggest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines and Azul Brazilian Airlines have entered a codeshare agreement effective Oct, 01, 2017. Through the codeshare partnership Ethiopian Airlines will add its flight code (ET) in Azul’s operations; hence, customers will be able to purchase tickets directly from Ethiopian Airlines sales channels to fly to seven Brazilian destinations operated by Azul. Reciprocally, Azul airlines will market on Ethiopian vast network throughout Africa and beyond.Girma Shiferaw, A/VP Corporate Strategy and Alliance,…

Nigeria imposes $53 tax on passengers on long haul flight      The International Air Transport Association (IATA)has called for reduction in airport charges and taxes, adding that the case for higher charges have denied passengers the full benefits of cheaper air travel, as illustrated over the period 2006 to 2016 in a just released IATA study.   Airports in major parts of the world have increased their airport charges and taxes astronomically in the…

Condemnation has trailed the a racist rant by a British Airways cabin crew just as the carrier sacked a stewardess who posted a racist Snapchat rant attacking Nigerian passengers after she was called in for a two-hour meeting with bosses. A top official of the airline who pleaded anonymity told Woleshadare.net that the lady’s action was a joke taken too far, adding that the airline’s hierarchy had taken an action to ask her to leave the company….

· Brings 50% reduction of wing friction     Airbus’ A340 laminar-flow “BLADE” test demonstrator aircraft (A340-300 MSN001) has made its successful maiden flight for the EU-sponsored Clean Sky “Blade” project.   The aircraft, dubbed “Flight Lab”, took off from the Tarbes aerodrome in southern France at local time 11:00, and after a series of successful tests it landed at Airbus’ facilities in Toulouse Blagnac. The overall flight time was 3hrs/38mins.    The BLADE project – which…

Between October 2014 and December 2016, the aviation regulatory body, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority had sanctioned 75 airlines and fined them N130.5 million for violation of safety regulations, Woleshadare.net has learnt. Those sanctioned included engineers, pilots, cabin crew and security outfit. A document made available to this newspaper by an airline operator (Name withheld), indicated that 11 pilots, three crew-members, two aircraft engineers and one approved maintenance organisation (AMO) were among those sanctioned within the period….

   The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dumona today officially handed over the certificate of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos certification to the International Airport Manager, Mrs Victoria Shina-Aba.   The Lagos airport was certified by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) last week after 11 years, making it the first airport in the country to be certified.   Speaking at a very brief event to present the certificate to…

  Kenya Airways may be shut any moment from now, following the insertion ‘performance based leave’ clause for its Nigerian staff.   The airline in its new policy for the country’s workers said that payment of leave for the staff would be based on their performance on the job while workers would not be entitled to leave allowance during public holidays, which is a reverse from the present policy.   With the new policy, rather…

The Aviation Round Table (ART) commends and supports the recent Federal Government decision to concession airports in the country.  We are cautiously optimistic that the policy thrust designed to raise the level of services at our airports is in line with global best practices that will be of pride to all Nigerians. ART cautious optimism is premised on the following :that the government recognises the team spirit and interdependence of activities prevalent in the industry….