Cargo/Handling

THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has set up a task force to screen operations in a bid to curb illegal activities and eliminate touting at the Hajj and Cargo Terminal area of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos. According to the airports authority, commercial activities at the terminal is now restricted to 12 hours (7am-7pm) from the initial …

  NIGERIAN Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance) and the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) have pledged to work together for the growth of the industry in general and NAHCO in particular. This commitment was made Tuesday, March 14, when the National President of ATSSSAN, Barrister Ilitrus Ahmadu paid a courtesy visit to the Head Office …

AFRICA’S largest cargo operator, Ethiopian Airlines, has won ‘Cargo Airline Award for Network Development’ at the tenth 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.

… loses N70m to controversial seized Rivers State Bells helicopters SKYWAY Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL),  has revealed that  the proposed closure of the Abuja Airport for repairs is laudable but stakeholders were not carried along to know how this will impact on their business as airlines were not the only ones operating in airports. This is just as the …

WORLD airline body, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has released stats for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers, FTKs grew by 3.8percent in 2016 compared to 2015. According to the IATA data released yesterday, African carriers’ had the second fastest growth in year-on-year freight volumes, up 13.6percent in December 2016 and a capacity …

NIGERIAN Aviation Handling Company PLC (nahco aviance) has once again demonstrated excellence in the Aviation industry with the recent recertification of its operations by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) which issued it with fresh ISAGO Certificate. The re-certification which runs till June 12, 2018 replaces the one which expires June this year. NAHCO had always had the certification, getting …

INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that IATA’s Cargo-XML messaging standard will be utilized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (US-CBP) to collect advance cross-border data on US export shipments. The new data format will make electronic communication between the US-CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) system, airlines and other air cargo stakeholders simpler and more efficient.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) have signed an agreement to implement the IATA-FIATA Air Cargo Program (IFACP) to replace the existing IATA Cargo Agency Program. Over the decades that the IATA Cargo Agency Program has operated; IATA Cargo Agents (freight forwarders) have evolved from being “selling-agents” for airlines to being …