Aviation experts who met at the 13th Akwaaba African Travel Market ‘Aviation Day’ in Lagos on Monday brainstormed on the progress made in the area of safety in the industry over the years. They came to the conclusion that there have been a lot of improvements in air safety in the industry since 2006 when the […]
Nigerian Carrier, Dana Air has been formally announced as the newest member of The International Air Transport Association (IATA). The IATA membership is coming just two years after the airline passed its International Operations Safety Audit (IOSA) and was admitted into the association’s global safety registry. The Accountable Manager of Dana Air, Mr Obi Mbanuzuo […]
In 2016 many oil producing countries that were hit by economic crunch due to low prices of the product could not allow international carriers to repatriate their revenues as foreign exchange became very scarce. Twenty months after, airlines that operate to Nigeria still battle government for the full repatriation of their funds. At the peak […]
One of the major challenges in manpower development in aviation is industry is the cost of training. Many young people dream of becoming pilots in the future but when the cost of training is broached, many parents know that they won’t be able to afford it. Not only the exorbitant cost, in Nigeria there is […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for June showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 7.8% compared to the year-ago period. This was in line with the 7.7% growth recorded in May. All regions reported growth. June capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased […]