Nigeria may not benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which favours countries that export high volume of products and services, as records indicate that the country exports only about 13 per cent of its cargo imports, which amounts to 115 million tons annual import deficit. According to 2019 records of the Federal […]
Ethiopian Airlines said it reached 91 per cent on-time performance of all global flight departures in the last three months while the industry average stands around 85 per cent. The airline operated a total of 18,385 flights in January, February, and March in which it scored 91 per cent on-time departures. “We have recognised from […]
Stakeholders in the aviation industry have called on airlines to develop a collaborative system that will ensure that the interest of passengers is protected when they cancel or delay flights. The objective of the collaboration is to enable a passenger to travel with any available flight to his destination as long as he has valid […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) announced that IATA’s Cargo-XML messaging standard has been fully integrated into WCO’s Cargo Targeting System (WCO CTS), a risk assessment tool available to WCO member countries worldwide. The integration of Cargo-XML in the WCO CTS enables electronic communication between airlines and customs authorities […]
The dominance of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc in the ground handling landscape was further confirmed during the week by no less an organisation than ICAO when it awarded it Ra 3 Validation for its operations in Port Harcourt Airport. The Regulated Agent Third Country Validation Process (Ra3 Validation) for Port Harcourt brings to […]
