Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

From Yamoussoukro To SAATM: Evaluating Africa’s Single Market Failure

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Wole Shadare

For African carriers and some governments in Africa restricting air services to poorly served African destinations, the question is, what are they really protecting? WOLE SHADARE writes that the continent may actually be shooting itself in the foot with protectionism, constricting air traffic growth Constrictions amid huge potential Aviation has the potential to make an important contribution to economic growth and development within Africa. Air transport can open and connect markets, facilitating trade and enabling local…

Kenya Airways Gets Court Order to Stop Pilots’ Strike

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Kenya Airways Plc has obtained a court order to stop a strike that pilots planned to begin on Wednesday, a bid to avoid disrupting flights for thousands of travelers. The Kenya Airline Pilots Association issued a notice for industrial action over allegations that the state-controlled airline failed to abide by mutual agreements and suspended contributions to a provident fund. “We were not able to strike an agreement,” the airline’s Chief Executive Officer Allan…

Chaos for airlines, passengers over union, BASL rift

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Carriers relocate operations to Lagos airport terminal One Minister, FAAN, others intervened, union calls off picketing Union’s action illegal-BASL The temporary relocation of airlines to the Lagos airport domestic terminal one popularly referred to as General Aviation Terminal (GAT) from the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2) following the shut-down of the terminal by the unions early today led to chaos at the government-controlled terminal as airlines struggled for space at the already congested…

Sabre Powers ATCT’s Online Travel Agency, EaziTravels

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Sabre CWA, a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, and African Tourism Corporate Travels (ATCT), a giant travel management company in Nigeria, have signed a technology agreement, providing consumers in the Nigerian market with real-time online access to the broadest and most competitively-priced travel options. Launched on October 21, 2022, EaziTravels, ATCT’s online booking engine taps into a wide range of technology services from Sabre, including its leading online fare…

Aviation agencies offices, others to give way for planned aerotropolis for Lagos airport

Posted on October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 by Wole Shadare

New rail system to link terminal for Lagos airport city underway Airlines’ concern over Nigeria Air unfounded-Minister As part of the Ministry of Aviation’s road map for the aviation industry and particularly for Lagos, the office spaces occupied by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) are to be demolished to give room to the ambition of turning the Murtala Muhammed…

We ‘ill continue to support airlines to ensure they are profitable-Sirika

Posted on October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Text of the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika’s presentation at the Aviation Breakfast Meeting Thursday last week, with the theme, “Aviation in Nigeria: What Next? held at the Eko Hotels organized by Phillips Consulting Limited (PSL) where experts in the industry like the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mr. George Uriesi, and a former Secretary-General of African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), Ms. Iyabo Sosina kept the audience spellbound with presentations on the state of the aviation…

Security heightens at Abuja over terror alert

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Airlines operate schedules The Federal Government on Friday heightened security at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This is not unconnected with an intelligence report from the United States of plans by terrorists to attack the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Security operatives were yesterday thrown around important public places like the airport, government facilities, and important places of gathering. Many parts of the roads to the airport were seen manned by fierce-looking…

IAG confirms order for additional 37 A320neo Family aircraft

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Wole Shadare

International Airlines Group (IAG) has confirmed an order for 37 additional A320neo aircraft, following shareholder approval. The latest order follows earlier agreements for 22 A320neo Family (17 A320neos, 5 A321neos) announced in March and June 2022, taking the total for the year to 59 single-aisle aircraft. “IAG operates Airbus aircraft extensively in its fleet making it one of the largest Airbus customers globally. These latest generation aircraft will be key in IAG’s stated environmental mission…

Trapped funds: CBN to release another $150 million to international airlines

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has concluded plans to release another tranche of $120 million to international airlines whose stuck funds are yet to be cleared. While the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele said on Monday that the bank will release $120 million of trapped funds owed to international airlines operating in the country, another source with one of the international carriers told Aviation Metric under a condition of anonymity said the country’s…

Airlines rebuff overtures to invest in Nigeria Air-Minister

Posted on October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Failure of indigenous airlines, others, reasons for national carrier Uriesi, Sosina lament airline sector woes Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika has again defended the choice of Ethiopian Airlines as a strategic investor to the soon-to-come Nigeria Air which holds 49 percent equity in the national airline, carpeting Nigerian carriers which have been vociferous in their condemnation of the new project which they said would erode the market of the country’s airlines. The Minister…

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