A logo of Airbus is pictured on their booth during the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse European planemaker Airbus SE on Tuesday revealed the existence of discrepancies in its regulatory filings related to US arms trafficking rules. It disclosed it is in talks
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Nigeria’s Airspace Agency hires 40 new air traffic controllers
Agency weigh in on safety needs, employed 150 air traffic controller in 10 months Need to urgently beef up depleting number Lagos - The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency has engaged 40 new cadets following the depleting number of air traffic control officers across the country. The agency said on Monday that
Middle East Investors Show Interest in Nigerian Airports Concession
Abuja - Nigeria - There are indications that investors from the Middle East are interested in the ongoing concession of Nigerian Airports. According to The Guardian, the interests in the multi-million dollar concession arrangement that have been received so far are from countries like Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which doesn't seem
Lufthansa Sees Cargo Business Continue To Improve In Third Quarter
Lufthansa see improvements in Cargo business Lufthansa’s cargo and logistics division saw revenues and operating profits continue to improve during the third quarter of the year as the market maintained its upward trend and the carrier offloaded two MD-11Fs. The German airline’s logistics division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo, Jettainer, time: matters
Why Asia Has The World’s Best Airports For Sleeping…
Airports aren’t the bus depots that they once were, stuffed with rows of hard-backed seats facing the departure gates. Now airports aiming to attract budget travelers assume that some will bed down between flights. If you’re in that fare bracket, your first plane could arrive around midnight and your connector just a few hours later. If a flight from
EasyJet to take over planes from bankrupt Air Berlin
Airberlin jets at Tegel airport in Berlin German BERLIN (AP) — Budget airline Easyjet says it has reached an agreement with Air Berlin to buy parts of the bankrupt German airline as part of a 40-million euro ($46 million) deal. The British airline said Saturday in a statement it will acquire “certain
Nigeria’s law makers Wade into FAAN, Bi-Courtney Disagreement over MMA2
Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MM2), Lagos Lagos - Nigerian's national assembly joint committee on Aviation has promised to resolve the protracted disagreement between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) over the concession of the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The terminal
Carriers’ business confidence outlook strongest in the last decade – IATA
In its most recent quarterly survey of airline business confidence, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) found that 80 percent of airline CFOs and heads of cargo saw an improvement in third-quarter profitability compared with the same quarter of 2016 – making it the strongest outcome IATA has seen in
Enugu, Port Harcourt Airports Unsafe for Airline Operators – National Assembly
Akanu Ibiam Internation Airport Enugu, Nigeria The deplorable state of some airports in Nigeria, particularly the Enugu and Port Harcourt International airports is worrisome to the members of the National Assembly’s joint committee on aviation. “What we saw in Enugu airport was a very serious infrastructure decay, we saw potholes on the
BA Owner Sees Profits Soar and Eyes Opportunities as Rivals Fail
...International Airlines Group posted a big jump in third-quarter earnings amid a tough time for the wider aviation sector. The owner of British Airways overcame turbulence from terrorism and bad weather to post a 22% rise in profits in the third quarter - and said it was ready to seize opportunities