Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Airbus nominates new Commercial Aircraft business CEO

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Scherer to report to Faury Nomination to ensure dedicated operational focus Aircraft maker, Airbus has announced a leadership evolution in the Executive Committee, establishing a dedicated head at the helm of the Commercial Aircraft business. This has seen Christian Scherer become Commercial Aircraft Business CEO. Airbus CEO, Guillaume Faury said since 2019, the leadership roles of Airbus and its Commercial Aircraft business have been combined, providing alignment and speed of execution during a period…

Reflection on Nigeria’s poor ICAO audit performance

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Wole Shadare

It is no longer news that Nigeria did not do well in the recent International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) assessment. The country through the NCAA has an opportunity to close the yawning gaps identified by the ICAO team. The audit has shown where we are as a country, writes, WOLE SHADARE Talking points The recent audit of Nigeria’s aviation industry by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Universal Safety Audit Program Continuous Monitoring Approach (USOAP)- CMA may have…

Early warning on imminent weather hazards help reduce casualties by more than 70%- NiMet DG

Posted on September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu is the Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet). In this interview with WOLE SHADARE in his office in Abuja, talks about the recent natural disasters in Morocco and Libya and how Nigeria is immune from the disasters that happened there, the massive Low-Level Windshear project in 18 airports across the country and how it is turning its challenges to gains in providing world-class service to its users. The recent earthquake…

NSIB DG, Olateru honoured with integrity, anti-corruption award

Posted on September 21, 2023September 24, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The Director General, of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Akin Olateru, an aircraft engineer has been honoured with the ‘Integrity and Anti-corruption Ambassador’ award by the Nigerian Youth against Corruption and Transparency Initiative in recognition of the transformation and developmental strides the Bureau has witnessed under his leadership. Presenting the Award at the Bureau’s Headquarters, in Abuja on Wednesday, Group Coordinator, Abdul Malik Usman, said members of the Group decided to confer the award…

Ibom Air offers competition, choices, begins flight operations to Accra Oct. 17

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Fast-rising Nigerian carrier, Ibom Air has concluded plans to begin the Accra route promises to give travelers more choices on the lucrative route. The carrier on its Instagram page disclosed that it would commence the Lagos-Accra daily flight on October 17, 2023. Not too long ago, Ibom Air achieved the global industry safety standard and received its Operational Safety Audit Certificate. This assures the airline’s safety commitment and brings it one step closer to full…

Aviacargo team visits Addis Ababa, Nairobi airports

Posted on September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Seeks solution to Nigeria’s cargo position A team of Aviacargo business in Nigeria led by the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Kabir Mohammed has visited leading air cargo airports in Africa to benchmark their services. Kenya currently leads Africa in Air Cargo Business while Nigeria is ranked fifth. The Aviacargo Roadmap committee was set up by FAAN to design a plan that would catapult Nigeria to the first position…

NCAA to implement bad fuel audit recommendation committee report, says DG NCAA

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu has assured that the recommendation of the audit committee of all aviation fuel activities in Nigeria would be implemented. Nuhu in his speech at the inauguration of the joint NCAA audit committee of all aviation fuel activities in Nigeria stated that the aviation regulatory body’s foremost function is to ensure the safety of aviation activities in Nigeria and achieve the highest level of safety…

Uriesi: Ibom Air has no intention to fly beyond Africa

Posted on September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Ibom Air, George Uriesi has disclosed that the airline has no intention of operating beyond the shores of Africa. He stated that the carrier’s operations would concentrate on regional flight operations and flights within the continent. Uriesi made the closure recently at the pre-Aviation Africa Summit which ended in Abuja last week. The carrier may have taken lessons from airlines that started small and ventured on intercontinental routes without…

IOSA airlines record higher safety performance as agency clocks 20

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) marked the first 20 years of the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) at the IATA World Safety and Operations Conference taking place in Hanoi, Vietnam. Since 2005, the all-accident rate for airlines on the IOSA registry is 1.40 per million sectors, compared with 3.49 per million sectors for non-IOSA airlines. In 2022, IOSA-registered carriers outperformed those not on the registry by a factor of four (0.70 accidents per million…

Boeing forecasts 1,025 airplanes for Africa in next 20 years

Posted on September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 by Wole Shadare

21,000 pilots, 22,000 technicians, 26,000 cabin crew members needed Aircraft giant, Boeing has projected that intra-African passenger traffic will more than quadruple in the next twenty years, placing the continent’s growth among the highest globally. To support this, 1,025 new airplanes will be needed over the next two decades. Overall African air traffic growth is forecast at 7.4%, the third highest among global regions and above the global average growth of 6.1%. Boeing included the…

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