Airbus presented its Forecast for Africa’s aviation industry at the recently concluded AFRAA stakeholders convention in Nairobi. On the sidelines on the event Geert Lemaire, market intelligence and consulting director at Airbus, speaking to Jon Howell on the Aviadev insight podcast affirmed that intra-African connectivity is set to be the driver for passenger air traffic […]

For one week, aviation experts from Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI) region met in Abuja to brainstorm on how to revive air transport system in Africa, which has been devastated by huge losses incurred due to coronavirus pandemic and its attendant lockdown. The meeting was the 7th Aviation Week involving all African air transport stakeholders

Aviation Authority Warns Pilots, Airlines over Hazardous Weather The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has advised pilots and airline operators to exercise caution with hazardous aviation weather in the rainy season. This circular came on the heels of the advent of the Seasonal Climate Prediction released for the year 2022 by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency. This

Mr Bankole Bernard, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Finchglow Group, is also the immediate past President of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA). In this interview, he speaks on the move to concession the airports and other issues in the aviation industry. There has been a controversy over the planned concession of

Emirates and Royal Air Maroc have today launched a codeshare partnership, providing more travel options and connection choices for customers of both airlines between Dubai and Casablanca, and beyond. Effective later this month, both airlines will place their marketing codes on each other’s flights between Casablanca and Dubai to a total of 209 combined destinations. The new partnership will offer customers from both airlines more

The House of Representatives and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), on Monday, agreed that aviation fuel would be supplied to the airlines at N480 per litre for at least, three months. At a meeting convened by the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, it was agreed that six million litres of aviation fuel would be

*Ramp not sufficient for wide-body aircraft*We are correcting design errors, management says About two months after it opened amid glitz and glamour, the new ultra-modern terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) has failed to draw foreign airlines’ patronage. The facility’s rejection, estimated to cost $100 million, and arguably the most beautiful interior in

US airlines say there are not enough US pilots available, so they are recruiting foreign pilots to get their operations back to capacity. With major airlines blaming pilot shortages for canceled services, foreign pilots see an opportunity to pick up their stalled careers in the US. United Airlines, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue have reported pilot shortages impacting

Global airlines have recorded an upswing in passenger traffic recovery despite the effects of the Russia-Ukrainian crisis. The International Air Transport Association (IATA), in the latest market data, estimated that total traffic in March 2022 was up by 76.0 per cent compared to March 2021. Although that was lower than the 115.9 per cent rise

AIB Releases Probe Report on Crashed Police Helicopter, Three Others Uncleared aircraft flies into closed Bauchi Airport The Accident Investigation Bureau-Nigeria (AIB-N), yesterday, released preliminary findings on the Nigerian Police Bell Helicopter that crashed in Bauchi about three months ago. According to findings, the aircraft that crash-landed with severe damage and minor injuries to the