Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Airlines to save quarter million Naira daily with satellite air navigation-DG NCAA

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Wole Shadare

NCAA to fast-track regulatory approval for SBAS-Minister The Director-General, of Civil Aviation Nigeria, Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Musa Nuhu said airlines would be saving a quarter of a million Naira on each flight with the adoption of the Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) which the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has successfully implemented. To successfully migrate to SBAS, Nigerian carriers had been enjoined to retrofit their airplanes in order to be able to switch…

Share blue, red line rail links to airports, experts beg Lagos state

Posted on February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Say sector performance below par, score CAA Act, NSIB very successful A group of aviation professionals under the aegis of Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRT) has expressed the hope that the newly commissioned Blue and Red Line Rails in Lagos state would share links with the airport terminal building as the experts lamented the lack of connectivity of the Abuja light to the Abuja airport. President, ASRT, Dr. Gabriel Olowo in his welcome…

The Economics Of Code-Sharing Agreements For Nigerian Airlines

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Over the last decades, the airline industry has changed to a more competitive market as an effect of the deregulation in Nigeria. In other climes, alliances have emerged and grown and created deeper incitement for cooperative behaviour between airlines. Whereas in Nigeria, the country’s airlines are yet to tap into this big market opportunity, writes WOLE SHADARE Competitive industry The airline industry is one of the most competitive industries in the entire world. A large…

NAMA takes workload off pilots, fuel burns, test runs, augments satellite navigation

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Wole Shadare

System shortens flight time on Nigerian route by seven minutes Nigeria’s airspace safety received a major boost as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) test run the Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS). The agency successfully carried out the demonstration flight to improve the accuracy, integrity, and availability of the signal through augmentation of the satellite systems with its $8.5 million Beechcraft King Air 350i aircraft. The SBAS are used to enhance the accuracy and precision…

MMA2 Partners Dana, Aero To Reward Loyal Travellers

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) in conjunction with Dana Airlines and Aero Contractors have concluded arrangements to reward loyal travellers at the terminal. According to BASL Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Oluwatosin Onalaja, the idea was conceived to show appreciation and reward travellers that consistently patronise airlines at MMA2. BASL’s Head of Aeronautical and Cargo Services, Mr Oluremi Jibodu, stated that the MMA2 Fly and Win…

Wakanow Partners ValueJet to Boost Local Flight Inventory

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Wakanow, Africa’s foremost travel tech company, has today announced an exclusive distribution partnership with ValueJet, a Fly for Value Aviation Company and Nigeria’s newest domestic airline, to host ValueJet’s inventory on their website and increase local flight inventory available to local travelers. This partnership is aligned with Wakanow’s aim of delivering access to all local flight inventory in real time and an all-year-round flight schedule. It also showcases her continuous commitment to the development of the domestic…

Airline, others want special funding window for operators

Posted on January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Worried by some of the difficulties faced by airlines in the country, the Chairman, of United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) Prof. Obiora Okonkwo has urged the Federal Government to leave a legacy by providing a “Special Funding “window for the aviation sector operators. Okonkwo made the call in Abuja on Thursday while speaking at a retreat organized by the management of United Nigeria Airlines to mark its two-year operation in the aviation industry. The retreat, which has…

IATA welcomes Somalia, Oceanic’s airspace ‘Class A’ ranking

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomes the reclassification of airspace over Somalia and the surrounding region to Class A. This will take place one-minute past midnight on 26 January 2023 when air traffic control services will be operationally restored after a 30-year disruption. Some of the region’s busiest airways – linking the African subcontinent south of Ethiopia with the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent as well as Western Europe with the Indian subcontinent…

FG Moves To Stop Aviation Workers From Strikes, Enforces Civil Aviation Act

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

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has said the Federal Government has decided to enforce the section of the Civil Aviation Act (2022), Act prohibiting “strikes and riots around our airports”. According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Act. He also said the Federal Government had approved N10.08 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of projects in the aviation sector. The minister confirmed these to newsmen ahead of the weekly Federal Executive…

Early warnings, effective ways to mitigate disaster, flood impact, Perm Sec, Meribole

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

The Ministry of Aviation has said that one of the effective ways of mitigating the negative impact of flood events is the availability of early warnings. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Dr. Emmanuel Meribole at the public presentation of the 2023 Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP) lamented that the 2012 flood was considered unprecedented in Nigeria, adding that in 2022 a new record of the worst flood in Nigeria’s history was experienced which destroyed over…

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