Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

NAHCo, SAHCO hike cargo charges by 100%, agents kick, firms defend action

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Group seeks FG’s intervention The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Murtala Mohammed International Airport has condemned the recent one hundred percent increase in the cost of cargo handling by the two handling companies in the country, Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) and the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) The two handling companies on 24th of April commenced a new cargo handling regime with a 100 percent increase but this did not go…

Irukera at NANTA 47th AGM seeks collaboration for group to surmount challenges

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of, the Federal Competition And Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr. Babatunde Irukera has lauded the great impact of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) on the travel industry in Nigeria. Irukera made the disclosure after meeting with the association’s executive led by Mrs. Susan Akporiaye. In his keynote address at the 47th Annual General Meeting of NANTA in Abuja on Thursday, he tasked the members to collaborate…

IRC seeks MoU expansion with NiMet

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Satisfied with the success attained in the execution of the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) about a year ago, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), has proposed an offer to expand and extend the scope and duration of the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between both organisations. This was disclosed during a courtesy visit by the IRC team to the NiMet Headquarters, Abuja, yesterday. The International Rescue Committee Team, which was…

U.S., Nigeria celebrate $38 million Kainji Air Force Base Improvements

Posted on April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Base to facilitate, maintenance of A-29 Super Tucano Nigeria’s A-29 program, largest U.S. foreign military sales in Sub-Saharan Africa Senior U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense officials joined Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao, represented by Air Vice Marshal Nnamdi Nwokoma Ananaba and other Nigerian partners to celebrate the completion of $38 million of improvements to the Kainji Air Force Base, Nigeria. The construction of the air base improvements is key to facilitating…

Court dismisses suit by airline operators against CJ, Ethiopian Airlines, others

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Wole Shadare

•Awards N1.5m cost in favour of Chief Judge The Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by the registered trustees of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) challenging the letter by the Chief Judge of the court, Justice John Tsoho, directing the transfer of the matter pending before the Lagos division of the court to Abuja. Justice James Omotosho in his judgment dismissed the suit for being frivolous and unreasonable as…

Kenya Airways, China Southern Expand Access to China, Sign Interline Agreement

Posted on April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Kenya Airways Plc and China Southern Airlines (CZ) have renewed their interline agreement following the return of international travel to/from China. The agreement will assist in restoring connectivity for both airlines’ passengers to points on the respective carriers’ networks via Nairobi, Guangzhou, and Shanghai using a single ticket and one baggage policy. The reciprocal agreement enhances the connectivity options that Kenya Airways will offer to its passengers through access to domestic China destinations operated by…

IATA: 78 Years of Shaping Global Aviation Industry

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Wole Shadare

According to Airspace Africa, the founding of IATA was the culmination of years of discussions and negotiations between various airlines and national governments. Prior to IATA’s formation, there were several different international organizations attempting to regulate air travel, but none had achieved the level of global cooperation needed for the industry to truly thrive. At the time of its founding, IATA had 57 members from 31 different countries, mostly located in Europe and North America….

Visa-free Africa agenda faces obstacles, hurts AU SAATM

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote in 2018 said he needed 38 visas to travel within the continent on his Nigerian passport. Many European nationals, meanwhile, waltz into most African countries visa-free. WOLE SHADARE takes a careful look at why African nations are yet to scrap visa requirements for all African citizens and how visa policy in the continent hurts businesses and the free movement of people Intra-Continental prospect Would an Africa in which Africans require no…

NiMet dismisses lightening advisory

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has urged Nigerians to disregard a publication purportedly issued by the Nigerian Lightning Safety and Research Center (NLSRC) to the Nigerian public, alerting them to the possibility of lightning strikes across Nigeria in the month of May 2023. In a Disclaimer signed by Muntari Yusuf Ibrahim, General Manager, Public Relations, NiMet said that at no time did it authorise NLSRC to issue any such weather forecast to the…

Desist from issuance of AOC to Nigeria Air, counsel to aggrieved airlines warns NCAA

Posted on April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Burreini Jimoh (SAN), Counsel to some airlines that have stood as impediments to the floating of Nigeria Air has written to the Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Musa Nuhu reminding him of the order of interlocutory injunction restraining the issuance of Air Operator Certificate (AOC) to the national airline. The soon-to-be carrier is on the verge of getting its AOC. The AOC is a permit or license that is granted…

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