Aviation

By Pearl Ngwama The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that all the aircraft in the fleet of Air Peace Nigeria Limited are airworthy. The NCAA declared this after it concluded a thorough technical audit of the airline and its fleet of aircraft with a view to ensuring the airline …

Aviation stakeholders at the just concluded League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) annual conference bemoaned that Nigerian airlines are deliberately being frustrated by international aeropolitics. Chairman, Air Peace, Barr. Allen Onyema, while speaking at the Conference noted that aeropolitics takes a toll on Nigerian carriers on international routes and …

The Dubai-based carrier celebrates carrying more than 70 million passengers since its start of operations in 2009, more than five million of which were carried on its African routes; flydubai passenger traffic between the UAE and its African routes grew by 108% since 2015. 10 years ago, flydubai’s first flight …

 Marriott International and Emirates today announced the relaunch of Your World Rewards a partnership between Marriott Bonvoy and Emirates Skywards. The partnership which originally launched in 2014, allows Marriott Bonvoy and Emirates Skywards members who register for the program to elevate their earnings and benefits when they fly with Emirates …

Airport operations in Nigeria have taken a boost as its government is set to take delivery of a N5 billion automatic aircraft firefighting simulator from a U.K. company. The equipment manufacturers, Messrs Alpine Metal Technology Company, UK, has already carried out the factory acceptance and pre-shipment inspection and test of the …

The $2.1bn deal between Air Peace and aircraft manufacturer,  Embraer has resulted in the airline putting up an order of 30 brand new E195-E2 jets from Embraer. With this, Air Peace is about to set a continental record with a firm order for 10 brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft. The deal which …

Eight pilots have successfully passed their drone flight training in Tunisia following a two-week intensive training period organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of Tunisia, the African Development Bank and Busan Techno Park. The training which focused on handling, maintenance and the security aspects of flying drones, took place in …

The Moroccan Airports Authority (ONDA) partnered with the National Aviation Services (NAS), the fastest growing aviation service provider in the emerging markets to launch the first electronic gates (E-gates) at the Pearl Lounge in the Marrakech Menara Airport departures area. This is the first of its kind solution across Africa. …

  Story by Pearl Ngwama As stakeholders in the Nigerian aviation industry continue to seek solution to the myriad of problems facing domestic airlines, the Managing Director/CEO, Top Brass Aviation, Capt. Rowland Iyayi, has offered recipe to alleviate the challenges and sustain the carriers in business. Iyayi who spoke to …

  Experts in the Aviation Industry in Africa gathered recently in Lagos for the Airports Council International (ACI) Africa Conference and Exhibition, an annual event held in Nigeria for the first time. Among other things, stakeholders on the continent harped on the sustainability of Air Traffic via infrastructure development, especially …