The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has canvassed for partnership and support from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in the training of critical manpower of Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) in the AFI Region. The Managing Director of NAMA Capt. Fola Akinkuotu who made these remarks while receiving the IATA Manager, Safety and Flight […]
President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Bankole Bernard, has called for more improvement in manpower development in the aviation sector, noting that considering the country’s population and the role aviation plays in the nation’s economy, there should be more skilled manpower in the sector. Bernard who made this known in Lagos […]
Thousands of jobs may be lost in the downstream sector of the aviation industry as technology, poor policy implementation threaten the existence of travel agencies in Nigeria. Chinedu Eze writes that without urgent intervention by government, the country would lose the multibillion naira market to foreign operators. About 20 years ago a travel agency may […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) would like to clarify that NewGen ISS (New Generation of IATA Settlement Systems) is not a program that is specific only to Nigeria. The body said it represents the modernization of the IATA Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) used by more than 50,000 IATA-accredited travel agents around the world, […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for the 2018 safety performance of the commercial airline industry showing continuing safety improvements over the long term, but an increase in accidents compared to 2017. The all accident rate (i) (measured in accidents per 1 million flights) was 1.35, which was the equivalent of one accident for […]
