Caverton helicopters has attributed the crash-landing of the Helicopter in which Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was travelling in Kaaba, Kogi State to ‘unusual weather conditions’. The chopper landed on its side on Saturday after as it seemed to have stalled and the pilot lost the control of the equipment, but both passenger and crew escaped unhurt. […]
Airbus has suffered a cyber attack on its commercial aircraft business information systems, with some employee details accessed. In a statement, the Toulouse-based airframer said it had detected a cyber incident, but there had been no impact on Airbus’s commercial operations. It gave no details of when the intrusion took place. “This incident is being […]
After several years of lamentation by passengers about the decay of facilities, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has started firm efforts to rejuvenate airport infrastructure. With the opening of new terminals in Abuja and Port Harcourt, the agency is poised to modernize international airports in the country, writes Chinedu Eze. On January 6, […]
Group Managing Director and CEO of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviation) Mrs. Olatokunbo Fagbemi has said that the company has embarked in reorganization to reinforce its prime prostion as the biggest handling company in Nigeria. Fagbemi said the company would invest N3.6billion on the procurement of handling equipment this year, which the […]
At different aviation fora, industry experts have stated that one of the things that could determine the success or failure of an airline is its choice of aircraft. Bigger aircraft like Boeing B737, which carries from 120 passengers is meant for mid range distance of three to six hours, for example, but in Nigeria where […]
