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 […]
New airlines have started flight operations in Nigeria, others are about to start, but there has been persistent argument that Nigerian carriers do not make profits. Chinedu Eze examines the motive behind the establishment of these airlines and their survival in the long term. It is almost a cliché in the Nigerian aviation industry that […]
The federal government has assured that it would complete all outstanding projects in the Nigerian aviation industry before 2023 when President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to handover political power to a new government. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika stated this in Lagos at the 25th annual conference of the League of Airport and […]
About three years ago the federal government unveiled the logo and livery of national carrier in London and still assures that the project would be realised next year. The federal government also plans to concession the major airport facilities before the end of next year. Writer examines the prospects of the national airline operating under […]
Since mid last year the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has been making efforts to make more people travel by air and restore confidence in air transport despite the devastating effects of Covid-19. To achieve this, IATA has held meetings with the International Civil Aviation Organsiation (ICAO), the Airport Council International (ACI), the European Union […]
