About three years after a similar order, the Federal Government has again suspended the deduction of 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on airfares and other air transport services. The latest suspension order, scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2021, is contained in the 2020 finance act recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. A […]

Exactly N4,995,999,999.90 was disbursed to the aviation industry following the N5bn COVID-19 palliative the Federal Government pledged to support the sector. According to a document obtained by our correspondent, ground handling companies, scheduled and non-scheduled airline operators; the National Association of Travel Agencies, aviation fuel marketers as well as airport car hire services partook from

The International Partners for Aviation Development, Innovation and Sustainability (iPADIS) based in Montreal, Canada has announced that it has been granted  observer status by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which allows it to  attend suitable meetings of the world aviation regulatory body. “iPADIS welcomes the opportunity to join the global dialogue of governments, organizations,

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi, on Monday said the National Assembly and the Ministry of Aviation were considering banning flights from the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries with high rates of COVID-19. Adeyemi, who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja,

The government of South Africa through the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has appointed Mr. Nick Fadugba, Mr. Geoff Qhena, Mr. Peter Tshisevhe, Ms. June Crawford, Ms. Bembe Zwane, and Professor Edna van Harte into an interim board to reposition the South African Airways (SAA) as the airline looks forward to a new beginning come

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Aviation, yesterday, directed the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to channel at least 70 per cent of its aviation investments at improving airports’ critical infrastructure nationwide. The committee on a tour of the aviation agencies in Lagos said improved attention at aeronautical and non-aeronautical facilities were most critical

Kenya Airways said at least five of its freighters are fitted with temperature control systems for use during transportation of temperature-sensitive vaccines and other pharmaceutical products – The airline revealed it was going to explore the usage of cooler boxes with dry ice in the transportation of vaccines that need very cold storage – Already,

In a country first, Korean Air transported raw materials used to make COVID-19 vaccine from Korea to the Netherlands on Tuesday, the company said Wednesday. The South Korean flag carrier used a cold-chain system to deliver the packages weighing 800 kilograms, including containers and dry ice. Of the 800 kilograms, 208 kilograms is dry ice

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has sought the support of stakeholders behind the aviation sector’s roadmap to develop the sector within the lifespan of the current administration. Sirika, in commemoration of this year’s International Civil Aviation Day (ICAD), said the roadmap was developed to serve as a catalyst for a comprehensive overhaul of the aviation