International Civil Aviation Organisation set to commission the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria’s (FAAN) Training Centre
December 9, 2018
In an interview with journalists in Lagos, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu disclosed that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is set to commission the FAAN Training Centre, which has been designated as Global Training Centre of Airports Council International (ACI).
Yakubu said the commissioning and designation of the facility as ICAO/ACI Global"...
AerSale Acquires Avborne to Expand MRO Capabilities
November 30, 2018
(AETOS Wire)-- AerSale®, a global supplier of mid-life aircraft, engines, used serviceable material, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, today announced it has acquired aircraft component repair specialist Avborne. Avborne is a certified Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 145 repair station in Miami, Florida, and a recognized leader in providing highly technical and specialized repair services covering a broad range of commercial and military aircraft systems, including hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic, and landing gear components. Avborne’s formidable in-house engineering development team is continuously introducing innovative cost-saving repair and overhaul regimes as one of the few component MROs operating today under the authority of an FAA Open Class Rating. This licensing allows Avborne to initiate its own FAA repair validation packages for expedited introduction......
South African Airways looks to be on a terminal nosedive
November 28, 2018
At nearly 100 years old South African Airways (SAA) should be enjoying a golden age as one of the world’s venerable carriers.
Instead, it is on its deathbed, slowly succumbing to debt and poor management decisions.
The colourful livery of its aircraft has been a familiar sight in airports around the world but, up close, the company is far less pretty. SAA is more"...
Opening of Air Transport Lines between Istabbul-Khartoum- Port Sudan for Boosting Trade and Tourism Movement
November 22, 2018
Khartoum- Sudan and Turkey have agreed on holding the meeting of their joint higher ministerial committee in Ankara next December besides speeding up opening of a Turkish bank in Khartoum for developing the commercial relations between the two countries and raising the volume of trade exchange between them from 500 million dollars to 10 billion dollars.
The visiting Turkish Vice President, Dr. Fuat Oktay, affirmed following talks he held with Prime Minister Mutaz Musa that the two sides agreed on development of trade"...
Ethiopia resumes flights to Somalia after 41 years
November 11, 2018
Ethiopian Airlines resumed on Friday its flights to the Somali capital Mogadishu after a 41-year suspension.
The CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, said in a press conference that the resumption of flights between the two countries would play an important role reinforcing economic cooperation.
He added that this would help Somali expatriates to return to their"...