The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Muhtar Usman has said that airports, which did not meet given regulatory standards, would be closed for flight operations. Usman said all the airports, both federal and state owned must abide by the given standards in accordance to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (NCAR), […]
The Lufthansa Group made history in 2017 when it airlifted 130 million passengers, a record, which the airline described as all time high. The German carrier said in December 2017, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed around 9.3 million passengers. This shows an increase of 19.9 percent compared to the previous year’s month. The […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that African airlines posted the largest year-on-year increase in demand of all regions in freight demand in November, 2017 with freight volumes rising 17.5 percent. Capacity increased 24 percent. During the same period international freight volumes grew by 17.8 percent, a deceleration from […]
Delta Air Lines was named the World’s Most On-Time Airline among mainline carriers by the aviation data and analytics company FlightGlobal, incorporating FlightStats, and is the first U.S. airline to earn the industry-leading distinction in the nine years ’s FlightStats has presented its OPS Awards, according to a release by the company Tuesday. In 2017, Delta’s mainline operation […]
Jet Airways has ultimately decided to terminate the employment of two employees who got into a heated in-flight fight on New Year’s Day, during which the male co-pilot allegedly slapped his female commander and later left the cockpit completely unattended. “Consequent to the review of the events … Jet Airways has terminated services of both the […]