Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Air Peace Airlifts 2025 Hajj Pilgrims, Owerri Airport Records First-Ever Int’l Flight

Posted on May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 by Wole Shadare

History was made on the night of May 9, 2025, as the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo State, witnessed its first-ever international flight since inception. The landmark event was the departure of the inaugural 2025 Hajj flight, operated by Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace. Making the feat even more remarkable was the deployment of the wide-body Boeing 777-300 aircraft, the first time such a large aircraft landed on the Owerri airport runway….

Emirates emerges world’s most profitable airline, as profits hit $6.2 billion

Posted on May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Dubai’s aviation sector, influential force on the global stage Emirates Group has released its 2024-25 Annual Report, achieving new record profit, EBITDA, revenue, and cash balance levels. This outstanding performance places the Emirates Group as the most profitable aviation group globally in the 2024-25 reporting period, with Emirates reporting the best result in its history to become the world’s most profitable airline. Both Emirates and dnata contributed record revenues in 2024-25, as the Group…

SAHCO clinches BA Excellence award

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC has once again demonstrated its leadership in aviation ground handling by winning the prestigious British Airways Safety and Punctuality Bronze Awards for both Lagos and Abuja stations for Q1 2025. The awards recognize SAHCO’s exceptional performance in meeting British Airways’ punctuality targets and upholding the highest safety standards in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific region. British Airways presented the awards in recognition of SAHCO’s consistent professionalism…

NAHCO Inks Five New Deals

Posted on May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Royal Air Maroc, Kenyan, Enugu Air, Dornier and Cronos on Board Nigeria’s aviation total solutions provider, the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance), has announced the signing of a string of handling contracts with five different carriers. In a statement released during the week, NAHCO announced the addition of cargo freighter and cargo warehousing for Lagos and Abuja with Royal Air Maroc. The contract covers a period of five years and will end…

United, Twelve In $83 million SAF Deal

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Wole Shadare

United has announced an investment in Twelve, an innovative low carbon fuels company that uses a process similar to photosynthesis to transform CO2 and water into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using renewable energy. This investment by the United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund follows Twelve’s $83 million Series C funding round and project financing for its first SAF production facility, AirPlant One, located in Moses Lake, Washington. The facility is expected to begin production this…

Ethiopian Airlines offers two daily flights to Lagos, expands network

Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Africa’s most profitable airline, Ethiopian Airlines, has concluded plans to begin daily two flights to Lagos, further expanding its network to the city. The airline said that from July 1, 2025, Nigerian passengers will have increased options out of Lagos with an extra daily flight. The extra flights will offer immediate connections to many African and Asian destinations. With these extra flights, there will be an instant connection that reduces the total hours of flight…

Why NCAT instructors, others are leaving for other training institutions-Reps

Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The House of Representative Committee on Aviation has expressed deep concern about the precarious situation at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAA),it stressing that the appalling wages of the instructors and other workers have made it difficult to attract more instructors. Chairman, House Committee on Aviation, Tajudeen Kareem Abisodun disclosed that the poaching of good hands by existing training institutions with higher salaries and good conditions of service has left the apex aviation training…

Nigeria Airlines’ Manifest Shambolic Service Delivery

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Poor service delivery by airlines in Nigeria has reached alarming levels, with indiscriminate rescheduling of flights being a major issue, writes WOLE SHADARE Bad reputation Virtually all the airlines in the country seem to be slugging it out for competition for the most egregious offender in flight rescheduling and poor service delivery. Very few offer a modicum of good service while majority of them do not care about the terrible service they deliver…

Shadare’s Book on ‘100 Years of Civil Aviation in Nigeria’ set for launch

Posted on May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 by Wole Shadare

A new book entitled, ‘100 Years of Civil Aviation in Nigeria: History, Issues and Prospects” will be presented to the public on May 23, 2023. The venue of the launch is the Golfview Hotel, 12 Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo Road, Ikeja GRA, Lagos. The book was written by Mr. Wole Shadare, an international award-winning journalist and aviation editor of New Telegraph Newspapers. The author said in a statement issued in Lagos that the book is probably…

Digital transformation, backbone of modern travel businesses, says Finchglow boss

Posted on May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Group Managing Director of Finchglow Holdings, Mr. Bankole Bernard, has highlighted the urgent need for structure, digitisation, and long-term thinking in the travel sector. He spoke at the recently hosted Lagos Zone of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA) business workshop for travel professionals focused on empowering agencies with the tools to grow, scale, and succeed in today’s evolving market with theme, “Strategic Business Development for Travel Agencies.” Bernard emphasised the urgent…

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