Aviation Archives — Page 9 of 28

January 21, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Acquires Three Aircraft For Maritime Operations

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has acquire three new aircraft for maritime operations in the Niger Delta. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed this at the inauguration of a block of 30 one-bedroom living quarters...

December 24, 2020 No Responses

Lufthansa Airlifts Food To UK Amid Lorry Chaos At Seaports

Germany’s Lufthansa is airlifting fresh fruit and vegetables to the UK on Wednesday as firms seek to beat the lorry chaos at sea ports The airline said it is carrying 80 tonnes of food from Frankfurt to Doncaster Sheffield Airport...

December 22, 2020 No Responses

Israel, Turkey, Germany, Others Block Flights From South Africa

Five countries on Monday announced that they have banned flights from South Africa following the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus. South African scientists last week confirmed that the new variant could see more people infected in the...

December 20, 2020 No Responses

Kenya Airways, Air France-KLM End Africa-Europe Joint Venture

Kenya Airways and Air France-KLM Group said on Saturday that they had agreed to mutually terminate their Africa-Europe joint venture partnership from September, 2021. The Chief Executive Officer of Kenya Airways, Allan Kilavuka, explained that the Kenyan...

December 11, 2020 No Responses

SAHCO Positions To Handle Huge Volume Of Temperature Sensitive Cargo

Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC has continued to serve as the most effective Ground Handling Company in West Africa with the capacity to convey items at specified and required temperature. A statement issued by Manager, Corporate...

December 2, 2020 No Responses

Dana Air Increases Frequency On Enugu, Owerri, Port Harcourt Routes

Dana Air has announced that it will increase flights from Lagos to Port Hacourt, Enugu and Owerri from December 7, 2020 According to a statement by the airline’s Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, Dana Air will introduce additional f...

November 24, 2020 No Responses

SAHCO Acquires Electric Ground Support Equipment

Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) Plc has acquired eco-friendly ground support equipment to boost its operations. A statement on Tuesday described SAHCO as the “first Aviation Ground Handling Company in Nigeria to acquire this latest model...

November 23, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Acquires Three Aircraft

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has received the first batch of three training aircraft for the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria. Sirika , who disclosed this on his Twitter handle (@handisirika) on Sunday, added that there...

November 12, 2020 No Responses

Dana Air Reconnects Enugu, Introduces Abuja-Owerri Flights

From November 17th, Dana Air will commence daily flights from Lagos to Enugu and Abuja, with additional flights between Abuja and Owerri According to the Chief Operating Officer of Dana Air, Obi Mbanuzuo, Dana Air will operate daily flights from...

November 3, 2020 No Responses

Senate Rejects N4b Bailout For Aviation Sector

The Senate Committee on Aviation has rejected the proposed N5 billion bailout for airline operators and other businesses in Nigeria’s aviation sector. According to the Committee, the proposed bailout is grossly inadequate to make any meaningful im...

October 24, 2020 No Responses

Arik Air Resumes Flight Operations

The management of Arik Air has announced the resumption of flight operations in and out of Lagos from October 24, following the easing of the curfew imposed by the Lagos State Government. In a statement, Mr Adebanji Ola, the Communications Mana...

October 20, 2020 No Responses

Etihad Airways Makes History, Lands In Israel

Etihad Airways became the first Gulf-based airline to fly to and from Israel on a commercial passenger flight, as the Abu Dhabi carrier’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner landed in Tel Aviv on October 19, 2020. The flight, operated by Etihad’s Boeing...

October 17, 2020 No Responses

British Airways Fined £20m Over Data Breach

British Airways has been fined £20m ($26m) by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a data breach which affected more than 400,000 customers. The breach took place in 2018 and affected both personal and credit card data. The fine...

September 23, 2020 No Responses

NAHCO Introduces Disinfection Services For Airlines

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO), has introduced its disinfection service to all its client- airlines, in a bid to continually combat the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic and keep air travellers safe. In a statement issued on Wednesday by H...