The search for Malaysia Airlines MH370 in the Indian Ocean has turned up the second centuries-old shipwreck but no sign of the aircraft, which disappeared with 239 passengers and crew nearly two years ago. Flight MH370 went missing during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. The Australian-led […]
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) in collaboration with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) will organize a two-day workshop targeted at improving safety of air navigation within the runway and associated airside facilities at the airport. The […]
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Addis Ababa-based Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise (Ethiopian Airlines) have announced that they have signed a firm purchase agreement for two additional Q400 turboprop airliners that would bring Ethiopian Airlines’ Q400 aircraft fleet to a total of 19 aircraft, the largest total fleet in Africa. Based on the list price of […]
United Airlines said its passenger unit revenue may have fallen more than expected in the fourth quarter just ended, after the November attacks in Paris dampened demand and lower oil prices hurt sales to the carrier’s energy clients. Passenger unit revenue, fell by between 5.75 and 6.25 percent in the fourth quarter from a […]
Airbus beat Boeing in the race for new business last year, swelling its total order book to USD$1 trillion, but remained behind on deliveries. Airbus had 1,036 net aircraft orders after cancellations, down 29 percent from 2014, compared with Boeing’s tally of 768, a fall of 46 percent. Both plane makers experienced a slowdown […]
