The Federal Government of Nigeria has imposed a 15 year age limit for aircraft operating in Nigeria, previously the age limit was 22 years. The decision comes in the wake of the fatal Dana Air crash. ...
Aero Contractors has announced that it is ready to begin C-Checks on Boeing 737 aircraft in Nigeria. Akinlawon George, managing director, Aero Contractors, said: “Although, Aero has a Hangar where sma...
Etihad Airways and Aer Lingus have signed an historic interline and codeshare agreement which follows the UAE national airline’s recent 2.987% equity purchase in the Irish carrier. Within the agreemen...
A GEnx engine is to be torn down as part of an investigation after it appears to have ejected something that lead to a grass fire at Charleston Airport in South Carolina on July 28, which prevented fl...
Dr Harold Demuren, the director-general of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has declared at the Ministerial Conference on Aviation Safety in Africa in Abuja that domestic airlines need to m...
South African Airways will fly daily between Mumbai and Johannesburg from October – the airline currently operates five flights a week. The seventh flight is subject to government approvals, however. ...
Rolls-Royce reported a 7% increase in first-half profits, which was boosted by increased production at Airbus and Boeing. Pre-tax profit for the aero-engine maker was £637m for the six months to the e...
Airbus will take a €124m charge for delaying the A350 programme by a further three months. In its first half results report, EADS announced: “This quarter, with the A350 XWB Entry-into-Service moving ...
Comair has acquired the first of three brand new Boeing 737-800s in a landmark transaction that saw Investec Aviation Finance as lead arranger and advisor. In November 2010 Investec financed the pre...
The Public Enterprises Minister of South Africa, Malusi Gigaba, has asked the auditor-general to help reconstruct SA Express' financials. The airline was forced to withdraw its financial statements fo...
Kuwait airplane leasing company ALAFCO has announced a commitment for 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s valued at $1.9 billion at current list prices. The signing ceremony was attended by ALAFCO's chairman and CEO...
It is mid-week and many of you will be getting air show fatigue by about now. For many getting to the show itself is very hard work indeed, it seems that unless you are flying, you are very lucky inde...
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