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NCAA, Stakeholders Bicker over Economic Regulation of Nigerian Airlines

Aviation industry stakeholders have chided the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over what they described as the lack of effective economic regulation of Nigerian airlines. This, they stressed, is attributable the short life span of Nigerian carriers. According to industry analysts, the average lifespan of 10 years of Nigerian carriers is a s a result […]

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Sustaining Improved Safety Standard of Nigeria Carriers

The journalist writes on the need to sustain and improve the improved air safety standard recorded by the country. After the crash of Associated Aviation Flight 361 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on October 3, 2013, Nigeria has not recorded any accident involving fatality in a scheduled flight operation. There are many factors […]

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IATA Commends Air Peace for Upholding Safety Standards

The Head of Account Management, West and Central Africa, International Air Transport Association, IATA, Dr Samson Fatokun, has commended West Africa’s leading carrier, Air Peace, for upholding high standards of safety in its flight operations. Fatokun, who gave the commendation while presenting the third IATA Operational Safety Audit, IOSA, Certificate to the Chairman of Air […]

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IATA, AFRAA sign MoU to Advance Aviation in Africa

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and The African Airline Association (AFRAA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen their cooperation. The MoU was signed by Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO and AFRAA’s Secretary General, Abderahmane Berthé on the sidelines of the 74th IATA Annual General Meeting in Sydney. Under the […]

Aircraft Maintenance in Africa

  It is often said in the aviation industry that Africa has the lowest number of flights but records the highest number of air crashes in the world. This has been a damning record over the years, but since the last few years, Africa has improved significantly. This was confirmed by the International Air Transport […]