Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Aviation college seeks funding to stem rot, to raise pilots fees to N17 million

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Unless urgent steps are taken, the International Aviation College (IAC) could further deteriorate prompting the Rector of aviation, Capt. Yakubu Okatahi to seek assistance to save the college. Capt Okatahi while speaking with reporters in Ilorin pleaded for partners and investors through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to ensure that the school gets adequate funding to carry out all its tasks, lamenting that the institution source foreign exchange from the third-tier market, describing it as…

Leading-Edge wins Charter Flight Award

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Wole Shadare

A foremost aircraft management and charter flight company, Leading-Edge Aviation, has emerged as the best operator in the Charter Flight Category of the Nigeria Aviation Awards. The company won the Charter Flight Award at the 12th edition of the Nigeria Aviation Awards and Ministerial Dinner in Lagos on Saturday. Leading-Edge Aviation emerged as the best among the over eight companies voted in the category. According to the organisers of the award, Leading-Edge got 180 votes,…

Application Of SBAS For Approach Navigation In Nigeria by Farouk Umar, Director, NAMA

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Wole Shadare

A presentation by the Director of Safety Electronics and Engineering Services (DSEES) on the SBAS Flight Demonstration at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on February 1st, 2023. Overview Over time navigation has always relied on ground-based navigational aids. But with the advent of satellite navigation adopted by ICAO (GNSS), the scenario began to change. Due to errors inherent in the GPS constellations, the raw navigation signal from the satellites was not accurate enough to provide…

Boeing to cut 2,000 jobs in 2023

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Plans to recruit 10,000 employees in engineering, manufacturing roles The US aircraft manufacturing giant, Boeing has announced plans to cut nearly 2,000 white-collar jobs in finance and human resources, highlighting that some of the jobs will be outsourced to contractors in India, according to CNN. he planned redundancies will largely target office staff. Meanwhile, the company plans to recruit 10,000 employees in engineering and manufacturing roles. “We have and will continue to communicate transparently with…

Cost Benefit Of Satellite-Based Air Traffic Management Systems

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Borrowing from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) the No Country Left Behind (NCLB) initiative, Nigeria has joined the satellite navigation concept which is relatively new in Africa. WOLE SHADARE who was at the test-run and implementation of the Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) writes on its cost-effectiveness to airlines and other users Migration Over time, navigation has always relied on ground-based aids. But with the advent of satellite navigation adopted by ICAO (GNSS), the scenario…

Kwara laments aviation sector woes, lauds operators’ resilience

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The Kwara State Commissioner of Education, Dr. Afeez Alabi said the numerous challenges faced by the aviation industry in the country have affected many other sectors of the economy, adding that the aviation sector should have ordinarily been a poster to be showcased or measure the economic wellbeing of the nation. Alabi made the disclosure at the opening ceremony of the training for aviation journalists taking place at the International Aviation College (IAC), Ilorin, Kwara…

African airlines record decline in cargo in 2022

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Wole Shadare

African airlines reported a 1.4 percent decline in air cargo in 2022, according to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) analysis of the global air cargo industry for the 2022 full year. African airlines reported a decrease in demand of 1.4% for global and international demand in 2022 compared to 2021 and an increase in capacity of 0.3% (-0.2% for international operations). Compared to 2019 (pre-COVID levels), demand was 8.3% above (+9.4% for international operations) and…

How foreign airlines rip off Nigerian travelers-NANTA

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Laments job losses, decries FG’s lack of protection Nigerian travel entrepreneurs under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agency (NANTA) have again raised the alarm over the alleged exploitation of Nigerians by foreign airlines, noting that the attitude of the carriers in refusing to open the lower ticket inventories amounts to taking advantage of the market they operate in. The national president of NANTA, Mrs. Susan Akporiaye at a world press…

Nigerian carriers cry out over lopsided SAATM implementation, back policy

Posted on February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Overflying Francophone countries, a nightmare-Onyema Nigerian carriers under the aegis of Airline Operators (AON) have expressed dissatisfaction with the implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), urging African nations to be sincere in their implementation of the African air transport policy. The Vice-President of AON and the chairman of Air Peace Airlines, Mr. Allen Onyema who spoke on behalf of the operators at a two-day workshop on Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS)…

Qatar Airways, Airbus reach amicable settlement in legal dispute

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Qatar Airways and Airbus have reached an amicable and mutually agreeable settlement in relation to their legal dispute over A350 surface degradation and the grounding of A350 aircraft. A repair project is now underway and both parties look forward to getting these aircraft safely back in the air. The details of the settlement are confidential and the parties will now proceed to discontinue their legal claims. The settlement agreement is not an admission of liability…

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