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Ethiopian Airlines, Boeing Sign Strategic MoU to Position Ethiopia as Africa’s Aviation Hub

Ethiopian Airlines Group and the Boeing Company, USA have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on positioning Ethiopia as an aviation hub for Africa. Building on the two parties’ over 70 years of shared history in aviation, the MoU aims at positioning Ethiopia as Africa’s aviation hub – “Ethiopia for Africa”. Boeing has recognised […]

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Air Peace Signs Agreement with NFF as Exclusive Sponsor of National Team

Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace has signed a partnership agreement with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) as the exclusive airline sponsor of the country’s national teams. This deal is coming ahead of the world cup qualifiers where Nigeria is drawn against Liberia, Cape Verde and the Central African Republic (CAR) The sponsorship deal which was […]

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NIMET Laments Vandalisation of Equipment Deployed at Airports for Accurate Weather Forecast

The Director General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Professor Bako Mansur Matazu, has raised an alarm over the vandalisation of its weather equipment located at different airports in the country and warned that such damage would erode accurate weather forecast, which is critical for air safety. According to industry experts, 35 per cent of […]

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Why AIB-N is Establishing Aviation Safety Centre

Recently, the Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N), held a conference in Abuja to x-ray some accident reports, safety recommendations and implementation and concluded that there should be single accident reporting through one channel so that concerned authorities will have access to the report in order to avoid gaps. Another major milestone that bureau has set […]

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With 115m Tons Annual Import Deficit in Air Cargo, Nigeria May Lose Benefits of AfCFTA

Nigeria may not benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which favours countries that export high volume of products and services, as records indicate that the country exports only about 13 per cent of its cargo imports, which amounts to 115 million tons annual import deficit. According to 2019 records of the Federal […]