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African countries are grappling with skills shortages in aviation. Boeing International Africa vice-president João Miguel Santos, speaking on the sidelines of an aviation conference in Johannesburg, said yesterday that Africa’s aviation regulatory authorities should consolidate along the existing regional economic communities in order to improve regulatory certainty and enhance administrative efficiency.
A final probe into the TransAsia Airways plane crash on Feb 4, 2015 confirmed that it was caused by pilot errors, said Taiwan officials at a press conference on Thursday (Jun 30). Forty-three people died in the crash.
Investigators are a step closer to establishing the cause of the EgyptAir crash after successfully extracting data from one of the plane's black boxes.
Planes have one near miss a week with drones amid growing fears of a disastrous mid-air crash, the flyers’ union revealed today. Airline pilots have reported dozens of near-misses with unmanned aircraft in the first six months of the year.
After coping with terrorism, bankruptcies and consolidation, the largest U.S. airlines are facing a new problem: They may start running out of pilots in as soon as three years.
Leading British aviation security firm, Restrata, has been appointed to deliver an aviation security programme for airports across Egypt, including Sharm el-Sheikh and the Red Sea Riviera.
India released a national civil aviation policy on June 17 after two decades of fits and starts, as the country works to properly develop its fledgling infrastructure and prepare for a forecast 20 percent annual traffic growth until 2020.
A pilot and three passengers escaped serious injury when the small plane they were landing in ran off the end of a private runway during Tuesday's lunch hour at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Fayette County.
If Aero Airlines must keep afloat, its managers would need to put in place a turnaround strategy of reducing work force to 700 workers from the existing 1, 453, investigation has revealed.
Arik Air, West and Central Africa's largest airline, has sponsored round-trip tickets from Lagos, Nigeria to New York, USA for conjoined twins. Miracle and Testimony Ayeni arrived yesterday to have immediate access to urgent medical surgery and care.
Data files from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 were sent to Egypt on Tuesday after one of the plane's black box flight recorders was repaired in France, bringing investigators closer to explaining the doomed jet's fate.
A plane towing an advertising banner as large crowds gathered near the Detroit River for the annual fireworks Monday ran out of fuel and crashed in the street, Detroit Police Officer Shonda Williams confirmed.
The U.S. Navy’s demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, will return to the skies in time for the July 4th weekend following a fatal crash that killed Blue Angel pilot Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss earlier this month, according to a Navy release.
A SQUADRON of US fighter jets were a second away from colliding with a coastguard search a rescue helicopter in a near-miss incident over the Cairngorms.
Over the past few years, women in Ghana have braced themselves up to occupy roles that had previously been the preserve of men in the aviation industry.
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority recently received an assortment of aviation security equipment as it strengthens the security of Entebbe International Airport to mitigate against the threat of international terrorism.
Domestic airlines can now import aircraft that are up to 18 years old into the country with the government amending more than two-decade rules in this regard.
The recent hacking of Air India’s frequent flyer programme miles has brought to focus the cyber threats to the aviation industry which depends substantially on sharing of information over the Internet.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has concluded arrangement to acquire 10 super mesh training aircraft from Pakistan Air Force to boost the country’s security.
It is estimated that the number of United Kingdom (UK) air passengers could be 3-5percent lower by 2020, driven by the expected downturn in economic activity and the fall in the sterling exchange rate, which value has already crashed to a three-year low.
The famous Blue Angels precision flying team will return to flight in July after a stand down following a deadly crash in Tennessee, the Navy announced Saturday.
American Airlines is now taking reservations and selling regularly scheduled flights between Miami International Airport and five Cuban cities to start in September for less than $300 round-trip, including taxes.
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), on Friday, took over the assets of Afrijet Airlines Ltd. owned by Chief Vitalis Ibe, over an unpaid debt of almost N10 billion.
Uganda President Museveni, when addressing the first cabinet meeting of his new government, reportedly told them that 'because our brothers in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa let us down' the formation of a national airline was now a priority.
The Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs says that it is now in the process of amending legislation to allow for the employment of foreign nationals onboard locally registered carriers and aircraft.
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots And Engineers, NAAPE, has claimed that some of the money given to airlines like Air Nigeria from AFRIEXIM were diverted to other businesses while airlines like Aero contractors that were meant to get money for buying new aircrafts only got the interest of existing loan reduced to about 7 per cent.
U.S. airlines collected nearly $975 million in baggage fees in the first quarter of 2016, a gain of more than $100 million from the same period last year.
Initial attempts to download information from the flight data and voice recorders of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month have failed, and key parts of the recorders are being sent to France for repairs, according to Egyptian and US officials.
The First Africa round-the-world solo flight to be embarked upon by a Nigerian pilot, Ademilola Odujinrin, would take off from Washington DC, United States, not Nigeria, as earlier planned.
There was a mild drama at the investigative public hearing on the alleged mismanagement of the N120bn Aviation Intervention Fund organised by the Senate Committee on Aviation on Wednesday when the Chairman of the defunct Air Nigeria, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, denied collecting N35.5bn from the Bank of Industry.
Routine use of small drones by real estate agents, farmers, filmmakers and countless other commercial operators was cleared for takeoff by President Barack Obama’s administration Tuesday after years of struggling to write rules that would protect public safety and free the benefits of a new technology.
A pilot who showed up to work drunk was ordered to undergo alcohol and drug testing after being arraigned on Wednesday on a charge of operating under the influence of alcohol.
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) says it faces a possible shutdown in the provision of aviation services as a result of the government of Ghana’s takeover of their lands in the capital Accra for residential purposes.
Aviation stocks today rallied as much as 7 per cent following news that foreign investors, barring overseas airlines, can now have up to 100 per cent stake in local carriers.
A rash of recent military crashes has cost the lives of several service members as well as billions of dollars worth of damages. The wave of accidents has raised questions about the training of pilots and the maintenance of aircraft, with top brass pointing to slashed budgets and aging fleets strained by prolonged conflict.
The Senate has held the Central Bank of Nigeria accountable regarding the mismanagement of funds allocated to the aviation sector from the bill intervention fund from the Federal Government, Vanguard reports.
EgyptAir said Monday advance compensation payments of $25,000 will be offered to families of the 66 people killed when one of its planes crashed into the Mediterranean last month.
Raphael Kuuchi is the International Air Transport Association (IATA)’s Vice-President for Africa. He joined IATA from the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) where he was the Director of Commercial. The consummate administrator discusses a myriad of issues bedeviling the continent’s aviation industry, among others, with WOLE SHADARE, at the IATA AGM in Dublin. Excerpts
When Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg heads to the Farnborough Airshow near London next month, he’ll tackle his usual tasks: trying to win new airplane orders and more aerospace work for the U.S. manufacturing giant.
Two Calgary bush planes are flying to the South Pole in a rare and risky mission to rescue a worker in medical distress from a remote research station.
A Jetstar flight has been turned back to Sydney Airport and was met by emergency services after a "strange smell" was detected on board. JQ517, which departed for Melbourne at 2.02pm on Sunday, was turned back after about 10 minutes when the smell was found. The Airbus A321 landed on the runway about 2.30pm.
