Aviation News Archives — Page 8 of 12

September 27, 2021 No Responses

Aviation Stakeholders To Address Challenges, Opportunities At CopterJet Forum In Lagos

In a demonstration of its commitment to proffer innovative solutions and drive a new phase of growth in the aviation value chain in Nigeria and Africa, CopterJet International has announced the maiden edition of its ‘Aviation Stakeholders Forum’. A statement...

September 20, 2021 No Responses

Ethiopian Airline Resumes Flight To Enugu

Ethiopian Airline is to resume flights to Enugu as from October 1, 2021, two years after it suspended flight to the South-Eastern state. The airline’s General Manager, Shimeles Arage, in a statement explained that there would be a flight on...

September 15, 2021 No Responses

Dana Air Boss Reiterates Commitment To Nigeria’s Economic Growth

The Chief Executive Officer of Dana Air, Jacky Hathiramani has restated Dana Air’s commitment to Nigeria’s Economic growth. The Dana Air boss made this known at the 14th Annual Banking and Finance Conference of the Chartered Institute of Ba...

August 25, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace: Closing The Gaps In Nigeria’s Air Travel

By Stanley Olisa — In the last couple of weeks, the media have been saturated with news of multiple routes launches by West and Central Africa’s largest carrier, Air Peace. In less than 10 days, the foremost airline extended its...

August 24, 2021 No Responses

FAAN Deploys 15 More Screening machines at GAT, MMIA

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has acquired additional 15 security screening machines. According to FAAN, the screening machines are for immediate deployment to the General Aviation Terminal and Murtala Muhammed International...

August 21, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace Debuts In Douala, Pledges Excellent Service

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — As part of its expansion drive, Air Peace has commenced flight operations into Douala, the Cameroonian capital. Speaking at the Douala International Airport during the in...

August 15, 2021 No Responses

World’s Largest Airlines Plunges By $12b As COVID-19 Cases Climb

Airline companies are still far from pre-pandemic profit and sales as some of their businesses, like business travel, are not even comparable to normal levels. However, the growing number of COVID-19 cases, fears of new travel restrictions due to...

August 12, 2021 No Responses

SAHCO Boosts Operations With New Ground Support Equipment

Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has expanded its Aviation Ground Support Equipment (GSE) fleet with new ultra-modern equipment A statement issued by Manager, Corporate Communications, Vanessa Uansohia explained that The fleet includes Air Conditio...

August 11, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace Unveils Douala, Ibadan Routes

Air Peace has concluded plans to commence scheduled commercial flights from Lagos and Port Harcourt to Douala, the capital of Cameroon, on August 19, 2021. A statement sent to City BusinessNews explained that the airline is also set to launch...

August 11, 2021 No Responses

Qatar Airways Cargo, WiseTech Seal Direct Data Connection

Qatar Airways Cargo and WiseTech Global, a leading provider of software solutions to the logistics industry, have commenced implementation of an extensive direct data connection between their global operating systems A statement explained that the direct...

August 9, 2021 No Responses

Virgin Atlantic Considers Stock Market Listing

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic is exploring a possible listing on the London stock market to raise money to repair the airline’s finances. The move could see shares offered to private investors as well as big City firms, but mean...

August 5, 2021 No Responses

Lufthansa Seeks €5.5 Fresh Capital

Lufthansa halved its losses in the second quarter, compared with the pandemic-hit second quarter of last year, the German airline announced on Thursday. This emerged from the deep crisis in the sector caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Chief execu...

August 4, 2021 No Responses

Aviation Ground Handlers Seek Minimum Handling Rates

The Aviation Ground Handling Association of Nigeria (AGHAN) has urged the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to create a minimum safety threshold handling rate for the sub-sector. President of the association, Mr Olaniyi Adigun, made t...

August 2, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace Gets Gold Standard Safety Award

Air Peace has added another award to its kitty by clinching the Gold Standard Safety Award at the 15th National Delegates Conference and Symposium of the National Association of Aircraft and Pilots Engineers, NAAPE, which held recently at the NAF...