Mamaj's Aviation Blog Travel News, Events, Trends, Jobs, Gossip and Inspiration

Francois Dantoye George of Azman Air is a year older today. Ayo Soyele of Arik Air is a year older today.

Dozens of heavily armed military police flooded into Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Tuesday night, evacuating part of the busy travel hub and arresting one man during a four-hour security alert. The incident came as the Netherlands has been on high alert following the 22 March attack on Brussels airport and …

A Bradford travel agent has thanked Etihad Airways’ “over and above” customer service after a flight returned to the gate to allow her customers to rush to their grandson’s hospital bedside. Tragically the client’s grandson died the following day, but not before they were able to see him. Travel Counsellor …

President Buhari’s administration has pledged to look into the re-establishment of a new national carrier for Nigeria. The subject has been one that conjures up, memories of costly, previously failed attempts at national airlines. With this in mind, I also recall the famous quote by George Santayana: “those who fail …

Senegal plans to launch a new national airline to replace loss-making Senegal Airlines, which had its air operator’s certificate revoked last month amid mounting debts, Finance Minister Amadou Ba said on Monday. “Senegal has initiated the creation process of a new airline”, he said at a news conference with his …

China’s HNA Group has made an offer to buy Gategroup, a Swiss-based airline catering firm for 1.4bn Swiss francs ($1.5bn; £1bn). Conglomerate HNA Group owns Hainan Airlines and is led by billionaire Chen Feng. HNA has offered 53 Swiss francs a share for the Swiss firm, an offer which has …

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has, for the first time, hired women to fly its planes. Two of them joined last August during the last intake of cadet pilots. Their training – in Singapore and Australia – will take between two and three years, after which they will be rostered for commercial …

Airspace Managers across the nation’s airports under the aegis of Airspace Managers’ Forum has thrown their weight behind the current management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), led by the Acting Managing Director of NAMA, Engr. Emma Anasi in its effort to sustain the gains of air safety in …

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned that the European economy may lose about one million jobs and EUR245 billion in 2035, if the inefficiencies observed in the management of its airspace are not quickly and properly addressed. In a report, IATA stated that Europe is well served by …