The International Civil Aviation Organisation and the International Air Transport Association project that globally airlines may transport more passengers in 2019 than last year, just as they frowned at the rate of air accidents in 2018. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has indicated that globally more passengers would travel by air in 2019. It […]
Nigeria loses over $5 billion annually in the aviation industry which includes about $2 billion repatriated per annum by foreign airlines and unserviced Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA). This unfortunate incident occurs because the country does not have major airlines to reciprocate flight services to countries whose airlines operate in Nigeria. The Director General of […]
The African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA) has announced the appointment of the CEO, African Aviation Services Limited, Mr Nick Fadugba, as its new Chairman. He was appointed by AfBAA’s Board of Directors during the recent European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, and replaces Mr Tarek Ragheb, the Founding Chairman of AfBAA. […]
The Director General of Airport Council International, World, Angela Gittens, who spoke at the ACI Africa Conference in Lagos, reasons that Nigeria does not need a national carrier because it has all the criteria to create a competitive and more efficient airline industry. Excerpts: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General is circumspect about airport […]
The announcement made by the federal government on Monday that Aviation Security (AVSEC) of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) would be allowed to carry arms, has elicited reactions from industry security experts. Many of the stakeholders have expressed fear that some AVSEC officials may misuse the weapon and that would be tragic for […]
