On Tuesday, African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) saddled with the responsibility of executing the open sky policy for Africa, known as Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) by the African Union spearheaded the sensitisation of Nigeria’s aviation industry on the need to embrace the open sky policy at a workshop hosted by the Nigerian Civil […]
Despite the gains enumerated by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) on the liberalisation of Africa’s airspace, known as Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), experts have identified the pitfalls of the open sky policy. SAATM, which will be adopted this week, is the actualisation of Yamoussoukro Decision […]
Nigeria’s major carrier, Medview Airline said that it failed to airlift its Lagos-London passengers yesterday because of suspension of service of its handling company at Gatwick Airport, Lagos. The airline said that it suspected sabotage by the handling company and concerned authorities at Gatwick who without proper notification suspended service to the Nigerian carrier. We […]
Flights were forced to hover for over 30 minutes at the Abuja airspace when an aircraft skidded off the runway and forced the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to shut down flight operations for 30 minutes a the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The incident involved a business jet owned by Nest Oil, which […]
Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Tuesday kicked against the plan to deregulate the African airspace as an endorsement of Yamoussoukro Decision, which was agreed on by African states in Yamoussoukro, Cote’Ivoire in 1988. The open sky for Africa allows easy entry and exit of African airlines to the airspace of each country without immigration […]