Airline bookings to parts of Latin America and the Caribbean have slipped globally since a US public health agency warned pregnant women against travel to areas where the Zika virus is spreading. Bookings to regions hit by the mosquito-borne virus fell 3.4 percent from a year ago between January 15, when the US Centres for […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued statement and ordered all airlines operating the Sikorsky S76 series to carry out a safety inspection on this helicopter type with immediate effect. This is a sequel to the accident involving Sikorsky helicopter with registration 5B-BJQ owned and operated by Bristow Helicopters Limited on February 3, 2016, […]
The sordid and corrupt activities taking place behind closed doors at the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) were exposed last week when officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stormed the headquarters of the agency in Lagos following a tip-off. Acting on the information and possible bank reports, officials of the anti-graft agency, […]
Nigerian airlines are fast losing passengers traffic due to the economic downturn and the fact that at the beginning of every year airlines record low passenger movement. Industry observers say that airlines have lost about 40 per cent of the traffic because many people who otherwise would be travelling chose not to because there […]
The recent Bristow Helicopters crash, barely five months after a similar incident involving the same airline left six dead, has become a source of concern for stakeholders in the aviation sector as well as the oil and gas industry for which it provides services. THISDAY reports it is high time the company addressed its safety […]