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View of remains after the fire outbreak.                                Courtesy: premiumtimesng.com Engr. Saleh Dunoma, MD, FAAN The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has constituted a panel of inquiry to investigate the fire incident that occurred at its headquarters in Lagos during the ealrly hours of today April 11, 2017. The Managing Director of the Authority, Engr Saleh Dunoma made the disclosure, while addressing a press conference after he inspected affected areas alongside his Management team. The MD stressed that the committee is expected to turn in their reports within the next two weeks and noted that the Nigerian Police Force would also continue its parallel investigation to unravel the cause of the incident. While apologizing to the general public and road users around the FAAN Headquarters for inconveniences that might have arisen within the period of the incident, he aff...

NANTA President, Mr. Bankole Bernard, congratulates Otti Faustina flanked by her mother Mrs. Otti Mary and Mr. Ewos Iroro, Founder, NTEC & Editor, Travel & Business News at the ABTA Forum in Lagos The African Business Travel Association (ABTA), recently held its Lagos Forum and South African Travel Buyers Fam Trip at the Protea Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. As part of the days activities was a Youth Empowerment Session where ABTA is helping to raise future Travel Professionals and encouraging young Nigerians by sponsoring the National Travel Essay Competition (NTEC) organised by Travel & Business News. Mr. Hafeez Balogun, Country Manager, Kenya Airways, offering Faustina a free ticket to the admiration of Monique Swart Winner of the 2016 edition, Otti Faustina of Barachel Model College,Ota, Ogun State was at the forum to share her experience with business and trade professionals of how winning the writing contest has changed her life. She attended the forum as the Indust...

African’s largest cargo operator, Ethiopian Airlines, has won the ‘Cargo Airline Award for Network Development’ at the 10 anniversary of the Brussels Airport Aviation Awards held on March 9, 2017. The Network Development Awards are presented to airlines that have developed new routes or achieved a remarkable growth in passengers or cargo. As a result, the ‘Network Development Award Cargo Airline’ award was awarded to Ethiopian Cargo in recognition to the commitment of the airline to rapidly expand its cargo network and for becoming the largest cargo airline at Brussels Airport in just 6 months period. Ethiopian Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam said, “We are very pleased to be the winner of such a prestigious award. The award boosts our energy to serve our customers’ air cargo needs better. Ethiopian Cargo Services connects African Economies with the rest of the world in import of Industrial Goods and Export of commodities which are both the engi...

Travel & Business News hereby announces the commencement of entries for the 8th National Travel Essay Competition (NTEC 2017). Aimed at discovering hidden talents and encouraging young Nigerians to follow a career in the aviation and travel & tourism sectors as well as drum up greater awareness and support for the air transport industry, NTEC is geared towards RAISING FUTURE AVIATION PROFESSIONALS in an effort to address the challenges of ageing workforce and skilled manpower shortage in the sector. The annual contest is in two categories and is open to Secondary School Students as well as Undergraduates and fresh Graduates of Tertiary Institutions in the country. TOPICS Secondary Schools Category: Curbing Cyber Crime And Identity Theft In Air Travel Transactions. Tertiary Institutions Category: Promoting Customer Service Excellence In The Travel & Tourism Sectors.

L-R: Dir. of Transport, NCAA, Capt. A M Sidi, DG, NIMET, Dr Athony Anuforom, Ag. NAMA MD, Engr. Emma Anasi and Military Airport Commandant, MMIA, Wing. Cmdr Imoke Emeng Imoke at the AIS Automation forum, NAMA headqurters, Lagos recently. Ahead of the December 2016 expected completion of Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) Automation in 11 locations, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has solicited the co-operation of data originators and other stakeholders to ensure a smooth takeoff of the project and also enhance its sustainability. Speaking at the AIS Automation stakeholders’ forum which held at the agency’s headquarters in Lagos, the Ag. Managing Director of NAMA, Engr. Emma Anasi noted that all the key agencies or data originators including the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), National...

(L-R) MR. OHIS EHIMIAGHE, REGIONAL MANAGER - WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS; MR. OLADIPUPO EPEMOLU, WINNER, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS CATEGORY, 7TH NATIONAL TRAVEL ESSAY COMPETITION (NTEC 2015/2016); MRS. KEMI LEKE-BAMTEFA, HEAD, SALES & MARKETING, SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS; AND MR. EWOS IRORO, EDITOR, TRAVEL & BUSINESS NEWS, ORGANISERS OF THE COMPETITION. In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility policy of identifying with and supporting young Nigerian talents, South African Airways (SAA) has once again left its mark in the sands of time by sponsoring the Winner of the Tertiary Institutions Category of the 7 th National Travel Essay Competition (NTEC 2015/2016) with a free return ticket to South Africa. Mr. Oladipupo Epemolu, a third year Business Administration Student of the University of Lagos (Unilag) emerged as winner of the contest following a keenly contested written and oral assessment before a select Panel of Independent Assessors drawn from v...

Engr. Emmanuel Anasi, Acting MD, NAMA Come November 2016, the  Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) will commence training of 379 of its staff at the Administrate Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) Badagry. The Acting Managing Director of the Agency, Engr. Emmanuel Anasi, disclosed this in Jos, Plateau State during the 45th Annual General Meeting of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA). He said, the agency has also concluded plans to apply for N20 million for the National Health Insurance Scheme. According to Anasi, who was represented at the event by the director of human resource Mr. Uwem Akangson, NAMA will ensure improvement in the payment of severance benefits and past service rights to retired staff and engagement of contracts. He appealed to the Air Traffic controllers to always appreciate and accommodate other stakeholders in the industry as they all work for the same system. While explaining that the entire air traffic control work in ...