The Director General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Professor Sani Abubakar Mashi has said that to prevent air mishap during the Harmattan pilots and airlines must observe all weather report alerts and adhere to them to ensure safe flight operations in the country Harmattan haze has started affecting flight operations, sometimes reducing visibility to […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a framework for collaboration to boost the aviation sector in Africa. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the International Civil Aviation Organization World Aviation Forum – Financing the Development of Aviation Infrastructure […]
Flight attendant Caroline Bright was kicking off her last shift of the day when she realized one of the pilots on board reminded her of someone. “I was trying to figure it out, was it a celebrity?” she told HuffPost. “Who does he remind me of?” He looked like her dad, she realized. “When we […]
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has reiterated the need for long-term funding of airport infrastructure in Africa in other to build capacity that would be able to process the increase in air travellers in the continent. This was contained in the communiqué issued on Thursday at the end of ICAO World Aviation Forum (IWAF) […]
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) on Tuesday grounded the operations of Dana Air Limited over the management’s refusal to allow technical personal, including engineers and pilots from joining unions. The unions picketed the airline operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport domestic terminal (MMA2) preventing any of its flights from taking off and […]