Aviation

Fagbemi: NAHCO Lost 70% of its Market Due to COVID-19

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, Mrs. Olatokunbo Fagbemi, in this interview reveals that the company lost 70 per cent of its market during the coronavirus lockdown. This, she says has started picking. What is the impact of COVID-19 on your operations since 2020? Last year was a very, very challenging and […]

Aviation

2020: Year of Aviation Meltdown

The coronavirus killed over a million people globally, devastated many sectors in economies and literally castrated the aviation sector. S hortly before the lockdown around March 2020, South Africa Airways stopped its daily operations to Nigeria and thus ended direct commercial flight between two Africa’s largest economies. Globally the world economy has been devastated by […]

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Can Nigerian Airlines Survive without Bailout?

Nigerian airlines have been under financial distress currently exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic devastation of the sector. Now that another bout of recession has set in, Writer wonders if the airlines will survive without government intervention. The domestic airlines are in financial straits because of so many factors. These include the high cost of operations, […]

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Research Indicates Low Risk for COVID-19 Transmission Inflight, Says IATA

*Manufacturer studies provide insight into extremely few incidents of COVID-19 inflight infections. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) demonstrated the low incidence of inflight COVID-19 transmission with an updated tally of published cases. Since the start of 2020 there have been 44 cases of COVID-19 reported in which transmission is thought to have been associated […]

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NCAT, Zaria Resumes Training

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, with the vision of maintaining the prestigious position of the foremost aviation training institution in Africa and amongst the best in the world, has consistently for over 55 years provided the aviation industry with professionals and other personnel through training and related services for safe air transportation in accordance […]