Although no meaningful development has taken place in the aviation sector in President Muhammadu Buhari’s first year in office, but the federal government has laid out a blueprint on how to transform the sector On December 23, 2015, the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, […]
The crash of EgyptAir MS804 has strengthened the case for data recorders that can be ejected out of an aircraft before an accident, removing the need for seabed searches, a senior Airbus engineer said. Reuters reported that investigators are searching in some of the deepest waters of the Mediterranean for flight recorders from the EgyptAir […]
The out going Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Tony Tyler has announced that member airlines would earn about $39.4 billion this year. Speaking at the opening of the 72nd IATA Annual General Meeting in Dublin Thursday, Tyler explained that airlines would earn more this year than initially projected. In […]
When the first international flight took off at the Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu on August 24, 2013, the people of South East were enthusiastic and felt a sense of belonging after several years of agitation that the zone should have an international airport. The flight was Ethiopian Airlines from Enugu to Addis Ababa. The load […]
Senior executives of the International Air Transport Association Africa and Middle East, Hussein Dabbas, Brian Pearce, Raphael Kuuchi and Samson Fatokun met with journalists in Abuja recently and unveiled the world body’s plan for air transportation in Africa. Aviation as Pillar for Economic Development Dabbas: I am very happy to be here in Abuja. We […]