The most critical in airline operations is about keeping the aircraft airworthy, to enable it airlift passengers from one airport to another safely. However, human error and faulty equipment are two key factors that have defied air safety rules, leading to many air crashes that happened in Nigeria. When Associated Aviation Flight 361 crashed on […]
Aviation experts have raised the concern that paucity of funds is hindering aircraft maintenance, thereby reducing the number of operating aircraft on schedule service due to failure of airlines to pay for maintenance of their aircraft. It was learnt that capacity has dropped by 70 per cent, as the biggest carrier that hitherto operated about […]
The Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has said the practice of ethnic nationalism has slowed Nigeria’s development while also stressing that the country’s ease of doing business is poor. Onyema made these statements in an address he delivered at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association held in Abuja. The Air Peace CEO […]
7Star Global Hangar Limited has announced the successful conclusion of a C-Check for the MD83 aircraft belonging to Dana Airlines. The collaboration and the success of both companies led to the release of the Certificate of Airworthiness by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). 7star Global Hangar is the biggest independent MRO in sub–Saharan Africa in […]
There are indications that domestic carriers may reduce their workforce, as they struggle to sustain their operations in the face of high cost of aviation fuel, which is currently about N950 per litre. THISDAY investigations revealed that some airlines are already reviewing their workforce and see sacking workers as their last option, which also signals […]
