Nigerian airlines spend over N55billion on compulsory training for pilots, engineers and cabin crew annually, THISDAY investigation has showed. Airline operators who are however miffed over the huge spending, have said the money spent on the training could be halved if the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) allow pilots to train once a year instead […]
By December 2017, Africa will begin the full implementation of the Yamoussoukro Declaration on the liberalisation of Africa’s airspace for airlines on the continent. What is the possibility or otherwise of Nigerian carriers competing effectively with other regional operators? While the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Africa Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), the International Civil Aviation […]
Dana Air’s Accountable Manager, Obi Mbanuzuo warns that Nigerian airlines may go under except urgent action is taken by the government to salvage the situation. How is fuel scarcity impacting on your operations? One of Dana’s main selling points is on-time performance and onboard service. Currently the on-time performance has been affected by the scarcity […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is currently facing serious financial challenges that may be threatening its existence unless radical measures are taken to ensure its survival. Three factors are responsible for FAAN’s depleting resources. One is the economic downturn, which is affecting the nation’s overall economy. Two is the inability of the agency […]
Confidential Malaysian police documents obtained by New York show that the pilot of MH370 apparently once plotted a murder-suicide flight path similar to the one ultimately followed by the doomed plane, which vanished into the southern Indian Ocean in 2014. Pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah had apparently used his Microsoft flight simulator program to “test” taking a plane northwest […]
