Embattled low-cost airline Ryanair said its chief operations officer will depart the company at the end of the month. Michael Hickey will be the first executive to leave the company after a rostering error led to the cancellation of thousands of flights. In his role, Mr Hickey was responsible for …

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecasts Africa will be a market of 350 million airline passengers by 2035 and identified four priorities which must be addressed if aviation is to deliver maximum economic and social benefits for the countries on the continent. African aviation currently supports 6.8 million jobs …

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has commissioned the multimillion ultra modern six level car park at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA),Lagos, abelnewsng reports. The edifice was officially commissioned by the Managing Director of FAAN, Engr. Saleh Dunoma represented by the Director of Engineering Services, …

Air Peace has commended the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Federal Airports Authority (FAAN) for preventing the disruption of its flight operations by aviation unions at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Thursday, saying they discharged their responsibility to protect law-abiding members of …

  The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the International terminal of the Murtala Muhammed I Airport (MMA), Lagos has increased its visa issuing centres from one to two. The service has also improved on the immigration counters at the same airport from its initial three to eight. These developments are …

Another batch of Nigerians has arrived in the country after they were airlifted from Libya with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration. The returnees, numbering about 138 touched down at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Tuesday evening. Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) were …

Delta today reported operating performance for September 2017. The company carried 14.7 million passengers across our broad global network in the month. During the month, Hurricanes Irma and Maria affected operations across the Caribbean and southeastern United States. Hurricane Irma significantly affected operations with 2,200 flights cancelled from September 7-12 at …

In October 2002, Emirates became the first airline to link Japan and the Gulf region with non-stop flights when it introduced its four-times-per-week service to Osaka. Now serving three points in Japan daily, Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has carried over 3.9 million passengers* in 15 years of service to Japan. The number of passengers carried in …

  Flying even more greener; Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has fully digitalized all its business processes like aircraft maintenance and Flight Operations, Commercial Operations, Finance, HRM, Customer Services, Procurement and supply Chain Management, Online learning, management approvals and authorizations etc… …

Air Peace has cautioned unions in the aviation sector against the reported plan to picket airlines in the country, warning that it would not allow anyone disrupt its flight operations or prevent its guests from flying, Aviation Ages reports. The airline issued the warning on the heels of media reports of …