Warri airport owing N566.4m, NAMA insist

Warri airport

The resumption of flights at Osubi Airport in Warri, Delta State notwithstanding, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) yesterday insisted that the operator owing N566.4 million.

Though it confirmed a receipt of N31 million recently from Shoreline Oil Services, the agency, through its General Manager, Public Affairs, Khalid Emele, added that the payment was from an alleged N600 million indebtedness.

Delta Airlines posts $1.6 billion income in third quarter

Delta Airlines

Delta Air Lines has reported financial results for the September quarter 2018, with adjusted pre-tax income put at $1.6 billion while adjusted earnings per share was $1.80. 

Imperatives of new technology for local aviation growth

Muritala Muhammud International Airport, Lagos/ AYODELE ADENIRAN

New finding has shown that local air travel sector risks missing out on the global growth projection without adequate investment in technology across the board.

The 2018 Global Passenger Survey (GPS) revealed that passengers crave for more control, information and improve efficiency when they travel, and are to this end counting on new technology that are largely missing in the local environment.

Dana Air, Radisson Blu partner to reward customers

Dana Air

Dana Air has partnered Radisson Blu Anchorage to offer its guests an exciting package when they fly from any of its destinations – Owerri, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Uyo – to its hub in Lagos.

ET wins African lease deal of the year

Ethiopian Airlines Airbus 350. PHOTO: TWITTER/FAAN

Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has won the Aviation 100’s African Lease Deal of the Year award at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers 2018 conference recently held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ET won the award based on a deal with Japanese financing system, JOLCO, which financed the airlines’ A350 aircraft.

Air Peace resumes Asaba flight operations

Air Peace has resumed its Lagos-Asaba-Lagos operations with the addition of Abuja-Asaba-Abuja to the service, pledging to deliver the best flight experience to the travelling public on the routes.

Specialists decry ‘poor’ response to Overland aircraft fire incident

 

NCAA lifts ban on training at aviation college
Experts in the aviation industry have decried the response of Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Services (ARFFS) team to a recent fire incident involving Overland Airways aircraft, describing it as poor and unbefitting of a modern airport. 

AMCON blames sole proprietors for airlines’ woes, demise

Managing Director, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) yesterday sought an end to the era of sole proprietorship in the aviation industry, blaming alleged sharp practices among owners for the demise of local airlines.

Airlines lament losses on West Coast route

Managing Director of Air Peace airlines, Allen Onyema

Air Peace airlines has lamented the loss of over N1billion in the last six months over alleged politics of protectionism on the African continent.

Host community threatens to disrupt activities at Owerri airport

Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri

The host community to the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo State, has threatened to disrupt activities at the airport, in protest against alleged marginalisation by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

‘Poor corporate governance ruined Nigeria Air, 40 other airlines’

Nigeria Air

Major stakeholders in the aviation sector yesterday dissected the failure of local airlines, blaming poor corporate governance and management structure as the dominant causes of fatality in this clime.

The experts, who spoke at the quarterly breakfast meeting of the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI) in Lagos, observed that while over 40 airlines had already collapsed in the last 17 years, some of the surviving seven local firms and the proposed Nigeria Air were not immune to the same problem.