For every aviation minister that is appointed to superintend the sector in the country, the appointee appears not to have assumed office until an inspection tour of the nation’s airport flagship, the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, is undertaken.

Experts disagree over how to measure the dispersal of volcanic ash and who should decide when it is safe to fly, as millions of passengers remain grounded and revenue losses top USD$1 billion due to the Icelandic ash crisis.

Dana Air has bagged the West Africa’s Branding Merit Award for Aviation Service Excellence at the West African Branding Excellence Awards 2010 held in Lagos.

South African Airways Cargo (SAAC) has put in place a new generation integrated web-based system which will bring it up to date with technological developments within the cargo environment.

As the global community reaffirms its commitment to the achievement of a malaria free world with the celebration of the World Malaria Day, Standard Chartered Bank has reaffirmed its partnership with NetsforLife and some other organizations towards ensuring that the cases and effect of malaria is maximally put under control in Nigeria and other sub-saharan African states.

As part of activities commemorating the World Malaria Day, Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of the Standard Bank Group, is collaborating with Friends of the Global Fund Africa to galvanize current and ex-Nigerian footballers, non-governmental organizations, the media, the public and private sectors to rally around efforts in kicking malaria out of Nigeria.