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The Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), an Aviation Ground Handling company based in Nigeria, has built a Ground Support Equipment from scratch at the SAHCOL Engineering and Maintenance workshop to fuel Aviation Ground Support equipment in Lagos. The fuel bowser is the first in the history of aviation ground handling in Nigeria to be created from scratch from locally …
Airbus has released The Great Enabler: Aerospace in Africa – a White Paper on the role of aerospace technologies and their impact on socio-economic development in Africa. The extensive report looks at how different segments of the industry can address a core set of challenges on the continent by: increasing access to healthcare; enhancing food security by making African agriculture …
The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) is pleased with the outcomes of ICAO Thirteenth Air Navigation Conference. CANSO appreciates that States approved its recommendations on enabling investment in Air Traffic Management (ATM) infrastructure; harmonising the approach to standards around the world; adopting a performance-based approach to regulation; embracing new technologies and airspace users; and tackling cyber security. CANSO Director …
By Olamide Oni As Africa anticipates a massive inflow of air traffic by 2036 as predicted by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), governments, regulators, agencies and other stakeholders in the region have embarked on strategic plans to improve capacity. Amidst this, safety in the airspace remains top priority. Nigeria’s Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, who spoke …
A coalition of international aviation organizations including the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC), National Air Transportation Association (NATA), the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) among others has reaffirmed their commitment to advancing the development and adoption of Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuel (SAJF). “Sustainable jet fuel is an indispensable element of our industry’s commitment to …
Boeing projects air cargo operators will need more than 2,600 freighters over the next two decades to keep up with increasing global freight traffic, which is expected to double with 4.2 percent growth annually. The 980 new medium and large freighters and 1,670 converted freighters will go toward replacing older airplanes and growing the global fleet to meet demand, according …
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it will launch services to Moscow, Russia’s capital as well as political, economic and cultural center, effective December, 2018. Regarding the upcoming services, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, remarks, “It gives me a great pleasure to announce that we have finalized preparations to launch services to Moscow, Russia, the world’s largest country …
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has resumed air traffic services at Osubi Airstrip in Delta State. NAMA states that its decision to resume operations at the airstrip is “consequent upon the payment of N31M by Shoreline Oil Services Ltd, operators of the airstrip, being part payment of accumulated charges for the provision of air traffic services at the airstrip …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) wants governments to understand that under a liberalized environment, connectivity would generate significantly more jobs and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, adding that globalization has made our world more socially and economically prosperous. IATA warns that should protectionism continue to expand, aviation would continue to grow, but at a slower pace and deliver fewer …
Innovation was the core focus at Air Traffic Navigation Service (ATNS) AVI Awards Ceremony, where leaders in the aviation industry gathered at the Council for Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, South Africa of recent. The AVI Awards has grown from strength to strength over the past four years, and this was clearly evident in the calibre of entries …
