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The 78th Annual General Assembly of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) kicked off in Doha, Qatar June 19, with a fervent call by Mr. Kamil Alawadhi, IATA Regional Vice President for Africa and Middle East (AME), for the African States to expedite the release of airlines’ funds still trapped in their jurisdictions. Mr. Alawadhi lamented that “blocked funds remain …
Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu, Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has revealed that Nigeria lost $2.5 billion (about N1.25 trillion) in MRO investments in neighboring countries in 2021, stating that such investments would have created more employment opportunities for Nigerians, revenue generation and training of technical personnel for maintenance of aircraft. Capt. Yadudu made this known …
South African Airways (SAA) Chairman & CEO – Mr. John Lamola and Non-Executive Board Member – Mr Nick Fadugba, met AFRAA Secretary-General, Mr. Abdérahmane Berthé, at SAA headquarters in South Africa for a fruitful “AFRAA Member Airline CEOs Leadership Dialogues” session. The dialogues session is timely, as SAA forges its path to recovery following a restart of operations in September …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed new guidance from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) removing its recommendation that masks should be required in-flight. EASA’s updated Aviation Health Safety Protocol, published 11 May, calls for the mandatory mask rule to be relaxed where rules have been relaxed for other transport modes. This important shift reflects the high levels of …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced passenger data for March 2022 demonstrating that the recovery of air travel continues. Impacts from the conflict in Ukraine on air travel demand were quite limited overall while Omicron-related effects continued to be confined largely to Asian domestic markets. According to IATA, the total traffic in March 2022 was up 76.0% compared to …
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Secretary-General, Mr. Abdérahmane Berthé, met Royal Air Maroc Chief Executive Officer; Mr. Abdelhamid Addou for the AFRAA launch edition of “AFRAA Member Airline CEOs Leadership Dialogues” session on Monday 25 April at Royal Air Maroc headquarters in Casablanca, Morocco. The CEO Dialogues session is part of AFRAA’s strategy to communicate with member leadership aimed at …
The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) said it has released four preliminary reports on serious incidents and accidents involving aircraft owned and operated by United Nigeria Airlines Limited, Max Air, Air Peace, and the Nigerian Police Air Wing. AIB-N has released the preliminary report on the Serious Incident involving the United Nigeria Airlines Embraer 145LR aircraft with nationality and registration …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air cargo markets showing that demand increased in February despite a challenging operating backdrop. Several factors benefitted air cargo in February compared to January. On the demand side, manufacturing activity ramped up quickly after the early February Lunar New Year holiday. Capacity was positively influenced by the general and progressive …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that air travel posted a strong rebound in February 2022 compared to January 2022, as Omicron-related impacts moderated outside of Asia. The war in Ukraine, which began on 24 February, did not have a major impact on traffic levels. Note: We are returning to year-on-year traffic comparisons, instead of comparisons with the 2019 …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 78th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit will take place 19-21 June 2022 in Doha, Qatar, hosted by Qatar Airways. This will be the second time that the global gathering of aviation’s top leaders will be held in Qatar; the first being in 2014. Originally, the 78th IATA …
