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The future of aviation ground handling
STAKEHOLDERS in the global aviation converged on Milan, Italy recently to address critical issues tugging at the heart of the world economy. The platform on which the experts and aviators ventilated the agenda for the industry was the 14th Ground...
Read more... IATA announces growth in air passenger, freight business
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that traffic results for November 2012, which showed an improvement in both passenger and air freight demand stated that air travel was 4.6 per cent higher compared to November 2011...
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30 aircraft saga: What manner of bail out?
ONE issue that has dominated discourse in the past one week is the new intervention or bail out for Nigerian airlines.
Nigerian airlines are in serious dire straits but the way and manner of rescuing them has pitched friends against friends, just...
Read more... Nigerian airlines are in serious dire straits but the way and manner of rescuing them has pitched friends against friends, just...
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British Airways lists top 13 destinations for 2013
FROM the far-flung to the unsung, British Airways has compiled its top 13 destinations to visit in 2013. If 2012 was about East London, then 2013 is about the Far East - as holidaymakers seek the natural unspoilt beauty, charm and good-value that... Add new comment Hits: 56
Tragic-comedy of House Committee on Aviation/Dana air crash saga
I HAVE waited this long before lending my voice to the issue above. In all my years in aviation industry both here and abroad, I have never come across a situation as this, where a group of people constitute themselves as judge and jury to...
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2012, safest year for airlines, says IATA
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that it was the third consecutive year that the airline industry has scored a record safety performance.
It added that Africa’s accident rate was 57 per cent worse than the...
Read more... It added that Africa’s accident rate was 57 per cent worse than the...
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How to solve Nigeria’s airspace problems, by Ojikutu
Nigeria’s airspace safety had come under the searchlight and it is one that gives stakeholders a lot of concern. Various groups had called on the Federal Government to tackle the deficiency gaps in communication between pilots and air traffic... Add new comment Hits: 300
The runway 18/Left ‘Greek gift’
JUST last week, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) celebrated and beat its chest for providing, ‘makeshift’ runway lightings for the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos runway 18/Left.In a country not lacking in resources, the...
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Skye Bank, Servair partner on best air travel experience
SKYE Bank Plc is bankrolling a major new initiative to boost air travellers’ in-flight experience as the financier of the strategic airline catering and logistics alliance between Servair, a foreign firm and Global Trade Investment Limited, a...
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2012: Year of evasive gains
The past 12 months witnessed mixed feelings for travellers, analysts and operators in the Nigerian aviation industry. WOLE SHADARE highlights some of the landmark events in 2012.AIRPORT terminal remodeling
SOME of the newly remodeled airport...
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