The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that African airlines’ traffic climbed 4.1 per cent in August, up from 3.2 per cent in July. The global body noted that this solid performance was coming after South Africa – the region’s second largest economy – returned to positive economic growth in Q2 2019, as capacity […]
The Chief Operating Officer of Ethiopia Airlines, Mesfin Tasew said for African airlines to succeed they need to cooperate and build capacity in leadership and resources and they need to be supported by their governments. Tasew spoke to selected Nigerian journalists in Lagos recently. As the only international carrier that operates to the Akanu Ibiam […]
Former Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and currently Consultant and Member of Board of Governors, Flight Safety Foundation, Dr Harold Demuren spoke with Aviation Correspondents and identified gains and weaknesses of multiple designation of foreign airlines and noted that it is not compulsory for NCAA to comply with all recommendations of Accident […]
Industry experts have expressed concern that in the coming years, Africa may not have enough pilots to fly commercial planes in the region due to global scarcity of pilots and inadequate training of such skilled manpower in the continent. World’s major aircraft manufacturer, Airbus has projected that there would be global need of about 600,000 […]
Last week at the 14th Akwaaba African Travel Market in Lagos, aviation experts x-rayed the opportunities offered by the Single African Air Transport Market for Nigerian and other African airlines in the continent. This writer urges that Nigerian carriers can take advantage of open sky for Africa to explore more routes in the region. Aviation […]
