Pilgrims from Kwara boarding Medview flight in Ilorin Aviation

Hajj Operations: Shortchanging Local Airlines

As highly religious country, Nigeria has over the years maintained yearly airlift of adherents to the Holy lands in Saudi Arabia and Israel for Muslims and Christians respectively. These airlifts have become part of the annual programme for the aviation industry and it provides lifeline in terms of revenues for operators that engage in the […]

Zainab flanked by Nigerian embassy officials in Saudi Arabia shortly after her release Aviation

Confronting New Wave of Drug Trafficking

Followings reports that illicit drugs can be planted in passengers’ checked-in luggage without their knowledge and consent, Writer looks at how such obnoxious acts can be prevented at the nation’s airports. Arrests made late last year by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) brought to the fore syndicated operations of drug traffickers who tag […]

Qatar Airways Profits $540m, Braces for Gulf Crisis

Qatar Airways says its net profits rose to $540 million in its latest financial disclosure before the airline took a hit and was blocked from flying to major Arab states. The 20-year-old carrier, one of the Middle East’s biggest, announced Sunday its revenue rose by $1 billion from $9.6 billion last year to $10.6 billion […]

Struggling Boeing 777 Gets Big Boost from Middle East

Adam Levine-Weinberg (TMFGemHunter) While the stock market has surged to record highs in 2016, shares of Boeing (NYSE:BA) have been held down by widespread worries about slowing aircraft demand. Indeed, with the end of September quickly approaching, Boeing is less than halfway to its full-year goal for aircraft orders. Order activity for the 777 widebody family has been […]