Aviation News

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu She said: “The Authority, in conjunction with the Lagos State government, has put in place necessary measures to mitigate the effect of the construction on road users while the project lasts.” Also yesterday, the state government said it would…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu AUDIT firm Deloitte has recommended that the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) charges its suspended chief executive officer, Tamer El-Kallawi, and engineering department boss, Courage Silombela, for corruption over the awarding of tenders worth over N$360 million. The state-owned company…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Dublin Airport has welcomed a whopping 20 million passengers in the first eight months of the year – an increase of 6%. Almost 3.1 million passed through the gates in August, meaning the airport hit over three million passengers for the…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Hurricane Irma has caused “huge damage” to St Martin, devastating its airport and port and leaving the Dutch part of the Caribbean island unreachable, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday. “Alas, the island is not reachable at this…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Ethiopian Airlines Group has merged with Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) to form the African country’s new Aviation Holding Group. The consolidation, which follows regulation approved by Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers on July 14 this year, sees the formation of…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu The Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, has said the Nigerian Air Force has introduced Special Dog unit (K-9) to boost security in airports and NAF bases nationwide. Mr. Abubakar made this known in Yola while celebrating Eid-el-Kabir with…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Care to do some shopping at the airport, even if you’re not flying? Or walk a loved one to the gate before their flight? You’ll be able to do that starting next week at Pittsburgh International. The airport is now…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Ghana will this year host the first ever aerospace and aviation exhibition in West Africa at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Dubbed the “African Airshow,” the event, which is being organised under the auspices of the Ministry of…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Ghana Airports Company limited said it will be looking at some innovative ways to help reduce its cost of operation and boost its revenues after recoding a 13% decline in its revenues last year. This was revealed to JoyBusiness at the…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu According to travel data by Forward Keys, Murtala Mohammed International Airport experienced a decline in  number of passengers making it the only airport in Africa with such a record in H1 2017. This situation was adduced to the reduction in…