Passenger Demand Moderates from Recent Peak but Stays Strong

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 7.7% compared to the same month in 2016. This was slower than the 10.9% growth recorded in April. However, this still was well ahead of the 5- and 10-year average growth […]

Stowaway Exposes Poor Security at MMIA

  It has been confirmed that a 22-year old may from Nnewi in Anambra state stowed away in a spares compartment of Boeing B747 aircraft operated by Medview Airline and travelled to London from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and returned unharmed. Security operatives who are confounded by the successful access of the […]

ASKY Begins Lagos-Accra; Abuja-Accra Direct Service on July 10

Effective 10th July, ASKY Airlines, The Pan African Airline, launches daily flight operations between Lagos and Accra and between Accra and Abuja. This is in line with ASKY’s mission to seamlessly connect West and Central Africa, making business and leisure travel easy and reducing the flying time it takes to connect cities in the Region. […]