Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amechi Aviation

Low Rating of Nigerian Airports

    Nigeria probably has more airports than any other country in Africa. Besides South Africa, Nigeria processes the highest number of passengers emanating from that country; others like Ethiopia, Kenya and others provide the passage to other destinations. So Nigeria has the highest passenger traffic in Africa after South Africa.   But Nigerian airports […]

Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika Aviation

  By Chinedu Eze   The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Ibrahim Abdulsalam has expressed optimism that the establishment of Runway Safety Teams at the four major airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt would further enhance safety in air travel in Nigeria.   Abdulsalam said NAMA had also organised the […]

Aviation

IATA PREMIUM TRAFFIC MONITOR NOVEMBER 2015 

  KEY POINTS  ·        Passenger travel on international markets was up 3.2% in November year-on-year, overall. This is a slowdown on October, and although part of the weakness could be attributed to temporary factors, there are reasons for concern that a downtrend is developing;  ·       Both economy and premium travel weakened, but there was a notable deceleration […]

Delta & United Aviation

Delta Considering Bombardier CSeries

  Delta Air Lines is considering whether to purchase Bombardier’s CSeries plane, in what could be a headline-grabbing win for the aircraft. Bombardier hopes to find a major customer to give momentum to the single-aisle CSeries as it prepares the jet to enter service after delays and cash problems. “We actually think at the right […]