Author: Wole Shadare

Nigeria’s foremost ground handling and aviation logistics services provider, NAHCO Plc, continues its dominance of the sector as it announces a string of new businesses and renewals. Stemming from its satisfactory services over the years, Virgin Atlantic and Delta Airlines have renewed their Lagos contracts with NAHCO plc while Air France/Royal Dutch pitched tents with the Company for its operations in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, just as Ethiopian Airlines renewed its contracts with the…

 For its failure to comply with safety, South Africa’s Civil Aviation has come hard on Comair’s operations by indefinitely grounding the entire carrier’s fleet. Thousands of passengers were left stranded and irate after the aviation regulator issued a 24-hour precautionary suspension of Comair’s air operator certificate on Saturday morning. The move came after a series of serious incidents involving its aircraft. The SACAA said the suspension would remain effective pending the operator addressing issues it had flagged. About…

African airlines are gradually recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic as the continent’s capacity in February has reached 64 percent compared to the same month in 2019. This is actually heartwarming for the airlines that have had to struggle to wriggle out of the difficulty that not only stunted their growth but one that elicited gloom. Airline revenues remained low with many operators battling with cash-flow issues. The full-year revenue loss for 2022 is estimated at…

The Federal Government has denied the existence of a preferred bidder for Nigeria Air stating that some vested interests have been promoting certain agendas including Qatar Airways.  The denial is coming amid a report (Not Aviation Metric) that the government has picked Qatar Airways as a preferred bidder for the proposed national carrier. Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu stated that there is no preferred bidder and that transparency and accountability have been the…

Fuel Scarcity Hits CScores stranded, airlines cancel, delay flights     The aviation industry in Nigeria was thrown into chaos following the acute shortage of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1, forcing virtually all the carriers to reschedule flights while others who could not get the product cancelled flights. The domestic terminals of the Lagos airport and other aerodromes across the country were full to the brim as restless passengers engaged airline officials in…