Airlines Often Fail To Report In-Flight Sexual Assaults, Need To Step Up
The airline industry appeared to be caught off-guard when a 17-year-old Bollywood actress took to social media alleging she was sexually assaulted on an airplane. Her claim which was denied by the accused on a domestic Vistara flight in India has activated an outrage online and given rise to a rare police investigation. Recently, Facebook […]
Africa Responsible For 37% Of Global Aviation Fatalities – Afdb
President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, revealed that the African aviation sector accounts for about nine percent of aircraft accidents yearly and 37 percent of Aviation fatalities globally. Although the sector performed well in 2016, it still remained the riskiest skies to fly in. According to […]
Expatriate Pilots Ignored By Nigerian Airlines, Over N5bn Saved Annually
Over N5billion might have been saved annually by Nigerian airlines by rejecting foreign technical personnel, most especially pilots and engineers. This was as a result of economic hardship, outrageous salaries, and allowances paid to expatriate pilots and engineers which forced domestic carriers to look and start training the locals. It was revealed that the airlines […]
Nigerian Airlines Delayed Three Flights Per Hour Between July And September
As contained in a report released by the Consumer Protection Unit of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority in Ikeja on Wednesday, domestic airlines operating in Nigeria documented 8,173 cases of delayed flights between July and September 2017. According to official figures, an average of 89 flights was delayed daily which reveals that at every hour […]
Nigerian Aviation Union, Ground Handling Company Disagree Over Privatization, Severance Packages
The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) has laid charges against the ground handling company, Skyway Aviation Handling Company of Nigeria, Ltd. (SAHCOL) of perpetrating “wilful infractions” against the union. The company has also been charged by some members of the union of failing to pay workers their five years’ severance packages, […]
NAF Helicopter Crashes In Lagos
A Helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force [NAF] known as Super Puma has crashed in Lagos while on a training mission, Elombah.com reports. The information was made available to Elombah.com by NAF Director Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Dele J Alonge. According to the statement signed by Air Commodore Alonge, “at about 10:00 […]
TPDC Completes Pipeline To Mnazi Bay
Aminex and Solo Oil reported that the regional pipeline connecting Dar es Salaam to Mnazi Bay has been completed. According to Aminex, Tanzania’s state-run TPDC informed it that hydrostatic pressure testing was set to begin. The construction of the processing plant on Songo Songo Island is reported by TPDC as approximately 95% complete and it […]
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Covid-19 : Uncommon Entente For Vaccine
The tremendous effort shouldered by big pharmaceutical companies and governments to produce the Covid-19 vaccine against a global disease in less than a year has prompted a series of public-private partnerships to expedite a transformational shift in the industry. Governments have supported domestic manufacturing and limited exports of critical supply to secure enough medical equipment […]
Airtel Purchases Tigo Rwanda As It Strengthens Africa Venture
In a move seen as an exit strategy out of its African business and a consolidation for Airtel, Regional telco Tigo has sold its Rwandan business to Airtel, which is its third of such sales this year. Bharti has announced that it had entered into a consensus with Millicom International, which is the parent firm […]