‘SAATM’ll only enrich S’Africa, Kenya cripple private sector-driven airlines’
Contrary to the general view that the open skies policy of the African Union (AU) as powered by the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) will deepen the operations of Nigerian domestic airlines and further provide opportunities for other service…
African airlines may lose out in AfCFTA logistics segment to foreign airlines if…
The observed slow growth of African airlines accounting for only 92 million out of the 4.4 billion air passenger traffic recorded globally in 2018, has been seen by industry experts as a serious danger signal that continental carriers may be…
Absence of Minister derailing Ethiopian Airlines deal to drive Nigeria Air
Friday’s revelation by the Chief Executive of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, that his group had been meeting with the Federal Government and relevant private sector players on plans to bring the proposed Nigeria Air to life, has come under threat…
Fixing of software that facilitated Boeing 737 Max 8 nose-diving habit underway, but…
Fresh credible angle as to the preliminary cause of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last month killing 157 passengers on board has revealed that nose-dived several times before hitting the ground. In a statement copied to Business Hilights Nigeria…
Crash: We at Ethiopian Airlines’ll feel the pain forever—CEO
The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde GebreMariam has noted that whereas investigations continue on the truth of what led to its Boeing 737 Max-8 accident which killed all on board on Sunday, March 10, 2019, “This has…
Boeing may shop for $1bn to fix stall prevention system on 371 grounded B 737 MAX
Whereas the analysis of the signals contained in the two recovered black boxes of the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 on board last week lingers, Boeing weekend, started a 10 day roll out of upgrade to the…
Confusion as German agency rejects analysis of black box, cites software crisis
Though the two black boxes for the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday had been recovered, Germany’s federal agency responsible for investigating air accidents say it will not analyse the black box from the ill-fated plane due to none…
Air Peace insists on taking delivery of B-737 Max 8 as EA, Singapore, China ground fleet
As Nigeria continues to mourn the demise of its two top flight professionals who lost their lives in the Ethiopian Airlines (EA) crash on Sunday, the company Monday, announced halting of usage of Boeing 737 Max 8 pending end of…
Ethiopia moves to rule African skies, set to own Zambia Airways, bid for Nigeria Air
Barley one week after it submitted its controlling share bid for the yet to be seen Nigeria Air, Africa’s most successful national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines says it has signed a shareholding agreement with Zambia’s main development agency to relaunch the…
Lack of free skies permit to local airlines killing traffic in Africa— Ethiopian Airlines’ MD
The core reason frustrating growth of intercontinental traffic has been unveiled by the Managing Director of Ethiopian Airlines’ International Services, Esayas Wolde Mariam Hailu. In an interview, he lamented what he described as easy access to foreign airlines to African…
