Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Air Peace Announces London Availability Schedule Until March 2025

Posted on June 8, 2024June 8, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace has announced the extension of its schedule availability for the Lagos-London-Lagos route, with flights now bookable until March 2025. The London route, operated by Air Peace’s luxurious Boeing 777, began on March 30, 2024, and has quickly become popular among both business and leisure travellers. Passengers are said to enjoy premium seating, intercontinental meals, generous luggage allowances, and the distinctive “Flygerian” experience. In a statement by the carrier on…

NAMA, FAAN, NCAA lack legal framework to impose $300 helicopter fees, says AON

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Wole Shadare

In what may be termed rather a late reaction to the imposition of $300 helicopter take-off and landing fees, the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has rejected the new directive, saying that apart from the fact that it lacked a legal framework, they are of the view that the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) does not provide any additional service to helicopter operators to justify the imposition of the fee at all helipads, oil rig…

NANTA: Trapped fund resolution will stabilise fare pricing in Nigeria, lauds Tinubu, CBN

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) said the decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and indeed that of the Federal Government to release foreign airlines’ trapped funds has helped to remove stains on the image of Nigeria, just as it praised the government and other relevant agencies for the speedy resolution of the matter. President of NANTA, Yinka Folami who disclosed on Thursday in Lagos said his association whose members and…

Qatar inches close to 49% stake in RwandAir, says Yvonne Makolo

Posted on June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Qatar Airways and RwandAir are set to finalise a deal that will see the Doha-based airline take up a 49 percent stake in the Kigali-based airline. Ms. Yvonne Makolo, RwandAir’s CEO and the outgoing Chair of the IATA Board of Governors, speaking to Aviation Metric on the sidelines of the just-ended 80th IATA AGM and Word Air Transport Summit held in Dubai and hosted by Emirates Airlines, said: “We just are about finalising [the agreement]…

How foreign airlines lost over 50% trapped funds to Africa’s currency devaluation

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Wole Shadare

….Continent’s carriers worst hit, says IATA Nigeria and other African countries may have been given a clean bill of health over the payment of foreign airlines’ trapped fund, but the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said only about 50% per cent of the entire value of its fund was lost to the devaluation of currencies of most African nations since 2022 when these funds started piling up. IATA’s Regional Vice-President of Africa and Middle…

BA: Consolidating presence in Nigeria with improved lounge

Posted on June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 by Wole Shadare

When it comes to premium travel, British Airways prides itself as one of the leaders. Its newly refurbished First and business class lounge opens a new vista to giving high network passengers a new customer experience, writes, WOLE SHADARE Continuous improvement One of the world’s biggest carriers, British Airways may have cemented its position as a leader in the Nigerian aviation market just as the carrier is investing millions of pounds to improve its premium customers’…

Nigerian airspace remains open, says NAMA

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has alerted users that the country’s airspace is open to flight operations even in the face of the Nigerian Labour Congress’s (NLC) ongoing strike action to press home for higher minimum wage for workers. Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of NAMA, Abdullahi Musa in a statement said the ongoing strike has not in any way affected the operations of the agency. He disclosed that contingency…

Kazim: Emirates won’t have problem retaining market share on Lagos-Dubai route

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Emirates Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer, Adnan Kazim said the carrier plans to make a grand return to Nigeria after two years of exiting the route which was popular with Nigerian travellers. Speaking to journalists yesterday at the 80th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit which ended on Tuesday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), he said the airline plans to be linking back in the area of starting Dubai-Lagos daily from…

NAMA partners LAAC on 25th anniversary, to showcase milestones

Posted on June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has canvassed for partnership and collaboration with the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) as the agency puts arrangements in top gear to mark its 25th-anniversary celebrations between the 21st and 23rd of July, 2024 in Abuja. The agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Alhaji Abdulahi Musa who made this appeal during a courtesy visit to the association in Lagos at the weekend said such a partnership and…

Visa face-off resolved, UAE to lift ban on Nigerians to Dubai soon, says Minister

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was ready to lift the travel barriers the country placed on Nigerians, which bars visitors from Nigeria from going to Dubai. Keyamo made the disclosure Sunday night at the welcome dinner for delegates attending the International Air Transport Association (IATA) 80th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit taking place in Dubai. The Minister was accompanied to the…

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