Many Nigerians agree that the country needs a national carrier to benefit from the huge international air travel market dominated by foreign airlines, but many criticisms trail the mode of the national airline the federal government plans to establish. In the aviation industry, there is nostalgia among the former staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways […]
Eight domestic airlines under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), have explained why they had to go to court to stop the federal government’s choice of Ethiopian airline and to seek full implementation of a new national carrier. In an interview with the ARISE News Channel, the CEO of Top Brass Aviation Limited […]
In 2013 the federal government responded to many years of clamour of the people of South-east Nigeria to have international airport in their zone by designating the Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu as international airport. Before then there was no international flight emanating from the zone and till today, there are only four airports that process […]
Ethiopia’s Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) has lifted the three-year ban imposed on Boeing 737 Max after the tragic crash involving the aircraft type in the country’s worst air disaster. The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) said it lifted the ban after being satisfied with improvements in the planes’ design and the airlines’ pilot training programme. […]
Ethiopian Airlines Group and the Boeing Company, USA have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on positioning Ethiopia as an aviation hub for Africa. Building on the two parties’ over 70 years of shared history in aviation, the MoU aims at positioning Ethiopia as Africa’s aviation hub – “Ethiopia for Africa”. Boeing has recognised […]
