In the past three years Nigeria has not recorded air accident involving civil or commercial airline. Chinedu Eze spoke to industry experts who proffer ways this good record could be sustained. One of the achievements announced by the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Muhtar Usman on Monday when he addressed […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced full-year global passenger traffic results for 2016 showing demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 6.3% compared to 2015 (or 6.0% if adjusted for the leap year). This strong performance was well ahead of the ten-year average annual growth rate of 5.5%. Capacity rose 6.2% (unadjusted) compared to […]
Overland Airways, Nigeria’s frontline airline, has been presented with the Certificate of its Membership of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and the Certificate of International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registration by IATA. The international aviation organisation lauded Overland Airways’ safety commitment and identified the airline as big league in global […]
Emirates airline has had to change flight attendant and pilot rosters on services to the United States following the sudden US travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, an airline spokeswoman said Sunday. “The recent change to the US entry requirements for nationals of 7 countries applies to all travellers and flight operations crew,” the spokeswoman […]
Operators in the aviation industry have over the years argued that air travel is seen in different parts of the world as elitist indulgence. So when the government is thinking of meeting critical needs for its citizenry, it considers providing social amenities such as schools, health institutions, transport system, which include roads, train and possibly […]