Leader of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority inspectors, Group Capt. E. C. Agu (right) and his colleagues during Air Peace’s emergency evacuation and ditching demonstrations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Thursday Aviation

Air Peace Scales Safety Audit for B777 Operations

Air Peace on Thursday scaled a major regulatory hurdle in its path to international flight services, successfully performing the partial emergency evacuation and ditching demonstrations as part of the safety tests for the operation of its Boeing 777 aircraft. Emergency aircraft evacuation refers to an exercise aimed at evacuating those on an aircraft when an emergency occurs on the […]

Med-View Airline to Acquire B777, 737-800 Aircraft

Medview Airline Plc has completed plans to acquire Boeing B777 and Boeing B737-800 in order to add more international routes to its destinations as the major domestic carrier begins flights to Dubai in July. The airline’s Managing Director, Alhaji Muneer Bankole made this known recently in Lagos, disclosing that the aircraft to be acquired were […]

How Emirates Dominates the World’s Skies

With modern generation aircraft, highly efficient service, best-trained personnel and a nostalgic modern city, Emirates Airlines has made international air travel very competitive. About 10 years ago, European airlines dominated the African airspace. They charged high fares with straightjacket on-board service, until Middle East airlines, led by Emirates began to give them a run for […]