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Airbus began 2017 with orders logged during January for three of its new A350 XWB wide-body jetliners and one booking for the best-selling single-aisle A320, while delivering 25 aircraft during the month from its A320 Family, A330 and A350 XWB product lines.   The three A350-900s are for Air France, which already is a major customer for this version of the A350 XWB.    Mexico’s VivaAerobus placed the order for an A320ceo (Current Engine Option)…

      Lauds Airline’s Safety Commitment   Overland Airways, Nigeria’s frontline airline, has been presented with the Certificate of its Membership of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the Certificate of International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registration by IATA.   Overland Airways became a Member of IATA in July 2016, and has since been listed among 268 global airlines that control about 83% of global air passenger traffic. Overland Airways also…

The Director-General of Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) Director General/CEO, Professor Abubakar Sani Mashi, embark on a marathon national tour of the Agency’s operations.   This tour kicked off at the operational headquarters of NiMet at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, as part of his firsthand assessment of the quality of the wide array of services NiMet offers, in line with its core mandate. To ensure the Director General’s tour kicked off on a fitting…

African airlines had their best performance since 2012, with passenger demand up 7.4 per cent.  Growth in the region is underpinned by strong demand on routes to/from the Middle East and Asia, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA)   The group, in a full year global passenger traffic result it announced for 2016 shows that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 6.3 per cent compared to 2015 (or 6.0 per cent if…

  * Nigeria with largest passenger traffic in the African   The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has selected two airports in Nigeria for certification. The airports are those in Lagos and Abuja. The objective was to follow up on the African-Indian Ocean (AFI) Plan project and assist Nigeria with technical guidance towards the certification process. The world aviation regulatory body has commenced the implementation of the AFI Plan Aerodrome Certification Project for both aerodromes….

ACCIDENT TO DANA AIRCRAFT A LOOK AT MINISTERIAL PANEL REPORT   BY CAPT. DELE ORE   The panel is titled ‘Technical and Administrative Review Panel of Domestic Airlines’.   The panel was premature in set-up and in conflict with Accident Investigation Bureau Mandate. When an accident occurs the accident investigation body does not just focus on the accident but examines the aviation system within which the accident occurred including all the matters in the terms…

The clearing house for over 260 global airlines, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Africa, currently accounts for just 1.6 per cent of the global air cargo market share.     The continent saw a 13.6 per cent rise in cargo traffic – measured in Freight Tonne Kilometres (FTKs)- during December 2016.     IATA made the disclosure in its latest monthly analysis of performance and trends in the air cargo market. It further…

Fourty-one Nigerians were today deported by the British government. Also deported were 41 Ghanaians over immigration issues classified as offenses in the English laws.   The Nigerian deportees, 33 males and eight females, arrived the cargo section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos at 7:50 am, in an unmarked chartered Airbus 330 aircraft.       The deportees were downcast. A mild drama ensued when one of the deportees, an elderly woman who…

Med-View Airline PlC was yesterday listed in the Nigerian Capital Market as one of the publicly quoted companies registered with the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE), adding N14.65bn into market capitalization.   Med-View is one of the domestic airlines in the country flying into 14 local, regional and international destinations.   With a turnover of N3.6bn at the initial stages of operations, its turnover has grown to N26bn with a projected growth of N 76bn in the…