Ethiopian Airline Group, the largest Pan-African aviation group, celebrates its 75th anniversary today, April 8, 2021. Ethiopian made its maiden international flight on April 8, 1946 to Cairo. Since then, the Airline overcame the ups and downs of the aviation industry and the challenges unique to Africa to become Africa’s largest, most profitable and award-winning […]
African largest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines has assured its passengers in the North and the South of Nigeria of its planned return to Enugu and Kano Airports once the new terminals are officially declared open for operations. On April 6, 2021, Ethiopian Airlines operated a special flight to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport as part of […]
Events since July 2020, when domestic carriers resumed flight operations after the coronavirus-induced lockdown have reinforced the call for urgent establishment of major Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Nigeria. THISDAY investigations disclosed that a major problem the domestic airlines faced was the non-availability of their operational equipment. The aircraft they put on storage […]
The recent issue concerning the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and Azman Air showed that effective regulation by the agency alone cannot guarantee safety without the commitment of airlines to self-regulate. Few days after the Associated Aviation Flight 361 crash on takeoff from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on October 3, 2013, the then […]
Ethiopian Airlines said it reached 91 per cent on-time performance of all global flight departures in the last three months while the industry average stands around 85 per cent. The airline operated a total of 18,385 flights in January, February, and March in which it scored 91 per cent on-time departures. “We have recognised from […]
