Doha: With less than six months before the biggest tournament in the world, FIFA World Cup 2022 is set to start in Qatar, the state-owned flag carrier Qatar Airways announced yesterday its partnership with four GCC airlines bringing football fans a seamless travel to Doha via Match Day Shuttle flights. A total of 188 daily […]

Ethiopian Airlines and its longstanding partner, Boeing Inc. has announced that the carrier is further expanding its all-Boeing freighter fleet with an order for five 777 Freighters (current freighters). Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines have announced the African giant  is further expanding its all-Boeing freighter fleet with an order for five 777 Freighters. The order is currently

Exhibitors and participants at the 21st edition of Airport Show have expressed satisfaction as they received a great response from other participants and stakeholders. Smiths Detection has showcased BioFlash Biological Identifier, a breakthrough rapid, biological aerosol collection and identification system. The instrument can be installed for detecting the presence of Corona virus in enclosed areas

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