Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Odunowo hands over to Farouk Umar as NAMA MD

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The immediate past Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Tayib Odunowo on Monday handed over the reins of leadership of the organization to Umar Ahmed Farouk. The colourful but brief ceremony at the NAMA head office in Abuja saw Odunowo and Umar exchange signed handover documents. The event had in attendance some directors like a former Acting Managing Director of the agency, Mr. Lawrence Mathew Pwajok, former Director of Public Communication, Mr….

FG mulls 50% fare subsidy, Minister, airline operators hold strategic meeting

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The Federal Government is tinkering with the idea of subsidizing airfares to reduce the high costs of tickets. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo was said to have held a meeting last week Friday with airline operators through their umbrella body, Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) with a view to fine-tuning modalities for its realization. Present at the meeting with the Minister are the President of AON, Dr Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina,…

How one-hour fare rose by 400% in 22 months

Posted on December 17, 2023December 17, 2023 by Wole Shadare

S’East, S’ South mostly affected Nigerians, accustomed to a certain range of airfare prices, are now grappling with the shock of exorbitant costs for domestic flights. The price of air tickets, especially for routes from Lagos and Abuja to other parts of Nigeria, has witnessed an alarming 100% increase in the past few weeks. In recent times, the skies above Nigeria seem to be soaring to new altitudes, not just in terms of flights…

Adelabu’s plane accident: Flint Aero crew lack experience for night flight- Report

Posted on December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 by Wole Shadare

A preliminary report released by the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) indicated that Flints Aero Services Ltd crew, the airline that flew Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu from Abuja to Ibadan Airport lacked sufficient experience in night-time flight operations just as the carrier was equally indicted for violating the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) issued to it by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The airline according to the NSIB was issued with a Permit for Non-Commercial…

Directors Dismissed in Sweeping Aviation Industry Overhaul

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Twenty-four hours after the Federal Government sacked all the aviation agencies’ chief executive officers, all the directors of aviation agencies, including the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMET), Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB), have been relieved of their appointments. This was announced on Thursday by Odutayo Oluseyi, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. The affected…

The man, Umar Ahmed Farouk new NAMA boss

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Umar Ahmed Farouk is the new Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). He is a multitalented, resourceful aviation industry professional with vast aviation expertise. His industry experience and pedigree acquired in more than 25 years of versatile work exposure, crisscrosses the aviation industry in Nigeria, the UK, Europe, and other continents the UK, Europe and Nigeria gives him hands-on operational, management, and top executive levels. Umar Ahmed Farouk has strategically grown…

X-raying Tinubu/Keyamo’s sack of aviation agencies chief executives

Posted on December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The hammer eventually fell. It was long expected because that has been the practice all along that when a new Minister comes, he comes with his team, and people he believes can help him to achieve his dream of the assignment handed to him. On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu tinkered with the hierarchy of the leadership of the aviation agencies and approved the suspension, removal, and replacement of the following Chief Executive Officers under the…

Gale of sack as FG removes FAAN, NAMA, NSIB MDs, suspends DG NCAA

Posted on December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 by Wole Shadare

President Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension, removal, and replacement of the following Chief Executive Officers under the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development: The managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed has been removed from office and replaced by Mrs. Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku as the substantive Managing Director of the FAAN. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Mr. Tayib Adetunji Odunowo has…

Aviation to gulp N63 billion in 2024, Minister wants extra N81 billion for Abuja second runway

Posted on December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 by Wole Shadare

2023 budget performance put at 40% The entire budget of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development would gulp N63 billion while the performance of the budget of the Ministry last year was at 40%. The bulk of the budget is expected to go into critical projects such as the Abuja second runway; upgrade and rehabilitation of the old terminal of Lagos airport which the Minister, Festus Keyamo said were vital projects that need urgent…

Keyamo: Concession not negotiable, passengers to get compensation for delay, cancellations Jan 2024

Posted on December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Respite came on Tuesday for many passengers who had suffered huge losses and were frustrated as a result of flight delays and ccancellations as the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo stated that regulators of the aviation sector would begin to compel airlines to compensate passengers for delayed or cancelled flights by January 2024. This is coming as the Minister said that the best way to tackle infrastructure decay at many of the country’s airports is…

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