Air Sénégal, Sénégal’s national carrier has signed a firm order for two A330neo aircraft, the new re-engined version of the best-selling A330 wide-body airliner. The order follows on from the Memorandum of Understanding signed in November at the Dubai Airshow and the acquisition is aimed at boosting the development of Senegal’s new national carrier. […]
Dana Air has unveiled another sponsorship deal worth millions with the current the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) league leader, Akwa United FC of Akwa Ibom state as part of its commitment towards sports development in Nigeria. The airline said it is poised to make the Nigerian professional football league more glamorous, Dana Air today unveiled another sponsorship deal […]
Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA), the largest and the most modern aviation academy in Africa, a full ICAO TRAINAIR Plus Member and IATA Authorized/Accredited Training Center, has graduated 14 aircraft technicians from Nigerian, Tanzania and Cote D’Ivoire, who successfully completed classroom and on-the-job training on the Q-400 and B737 aircraft for a period ranging between one […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for 2017 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) for the year ended 31 December rose 7.6% compared to 2016. This was well above the 10-year average annual growth rate of 5.5%. While the rate of demand growth slowed to 6.2% in December […]
The federal government has approved the promotion of 78 officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. They were decorated with their new ranks and were charged to continue to be good ambassadors of the country and shun any vices that could drag the name of the […]