Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Amid Africa’s 2% global cargo market, region sees 14.2% year-on-year demand growth

Posted on April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Africa, which accounts for 2.0% of the global air cargo market saw 14.2% year-on-year demand growth for air cargo. The clearing house for more than 300 global airlines just released its latest y-o-y analysis of the air cargo market (a very useful barometer of trade) based on capacity (supply) and traffic (demand) in March 2024 stated that demand in Africa–Asia market increased to 22.9%, however, this was a…

MRO: Assessing African airlines’ maintenance paradox

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Wole Shadare

MRO in Africa is locked in a chicken-and-egg paradox. African airlines often lack the scale needed to invest in new MRO capabilities. This means they must look further afield for MRO services, needing substantial time and cost and reducing their ability to grow. WOLE SHADARE who was at the MRO Africa summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia writes on the challenges the continent’s carriers are faced with Potential Africa has the greatest potential for growth in the aviation…

Nigeria’s airline domestic market strongest in Africa-AFRAA

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Wole Shadare

….High fuel cost, MRO challenges hamper region’s carrier growth The Secretary-General of African Airlines Association (AFRAA) comprising 44 carriers, Abdérahmane Berthé said only Nigeria has a strong domestic market and intercontinental market in the whole of Africa, stressing that he hopes to see Nigeria having an airline which will also cover the continent like the Ethiopian Airlines is doing today. With over about 12 airlines consisting of Aero Contractors, Azman, Arik, Overland, United Nigeria, Rano, Ibom Air,…

NUATE to picket airlines over failure to allow workers’ union

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has threatened to picket disclosed offices of airlines operating in the country that have refused to allow their staff to join trade unions of their choice. NUATE said it is against labour law for some airlines to make employment conditioned upon not joining a trade union adding that those who threaten workers with sack if they join the unions are working against Nigerian laws. Speaking at the…

Fadugba: Africa needs reliable, affordable air transport industry

Posted on April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Chief Executive Officer of African Aviation Services Limited, Nick Fadugba said Africa needs a safe, reliable, efficient, affordable and profitable air transport industry that facilitates travel, trade and tourism across the continent, and between Africa and the world. He however stated that despite the myriad of challenges confronting the continent’s aviation industry, much has been achieved, hinting that aviation safety, security, training, regulatory oversight, infrastructure, liberalisation, modernisation and funding all need to be improved…

Delta sets to offer 14 weekly flights to Nigeria as carrier restarts New York-Lagos route Dec 1

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Mega carrier and one of the most successful airlines in the world, Delta Air Lines has concluded plans to restart daily service to Lagos from New York from December 1, 2024. This is made possible as Nigeria and the United States have ‘Open Skies’ aviation pact that allows both nations to deploy as many flights as possible to each other’s territory. Air carriers of both countries gain unrestricted rights to transport passengers directly between the…

Air Peace aircraft makes emergency landing at Lagos airport

Posted on April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Passengers on Air Peace aircraft were on Thursday evacuated after the airline’s aircraft made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The carrier in a statement late Thursday night said, “We wish to inform the flying public of an incident that occurred during our Port Harcourt-Lagos flight P47193 of today, April 25, 2024. “Some minutes before landing, our captain noticed a fire warning indicator in the cockpit. The pilots performed all…

Boeing burns through cash, rushes to fix quality control issues

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Boeing burned through billions of dollars of cash last quarter as it languished under intense scrutiny from U.S. regulators and moved to soothe concerns over quality issues. Arlington, Virginia-based Boeing burned through $3.93 billion over the first three months of 2024, far more than the $786 million it recorded during the same time last year, according to a Wednesday regulatory filing. The aerospace giant ended the quarter with $7.5 billion in cash and investments in short-term securities,…

Suspension: Dana begins refund to affected passenger

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The management of Dana Air said it has commenced a refund process for affected flights over the next one month. The refund is due to the suspension of the airline by the Federal Government. The Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development suspended its operations following the runway excursion of one of its aircraft which departed Abuja for Lagos with 83 passengers and six crew members. The airline, according to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),…

Groundswell opposition trails Minister’s NCAA power usurpation

Posted on April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 by Wole Shadare

….Action portends gravel danger, threatens Nigeria’s FAA status-Experts A groundswell opposition has trailed the decision of the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo’s decision to unilaterally order the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to suspend Dana Air’s operations over a skidding off of runway incident involving the carrier on Tuesday. The Minister had in the aftermath of the incident ordered the NCAA to suspend Dana’s operations. The Minister in a letter to…

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