Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

N25 billion investments at risk as FAAN issues relocation notices to hangar operators, others

Posted on February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 by Wole Shadare

It is now imminent that the multimillion-dollar aircraft hangars belonging to Evergreen Apple Nigeria, Caverton and ExecuJet Dominion, the Lagos office of the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), and the Federal Road Service Corps (FRSC) would come under demolition as the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has issued relocation notices to the affected companies. The reason for the pulling down of the four gigantic edifices is to make room for the new Lagos international airport…

Du Preez: We Need Safety Conscious, Visionary Airline To Partner With In Nigeria

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Qatar Airways is one of the biggest Gulf airlines that has shown massive investment in route expansion, not only in Nigeria but in Africa. In this interview with WOLE SHADARE, Qatar Airways Vice President for Africa, Hendrik du Preez, speaks on how Africa can be the biggest aviation market in the very near future, challenges facing aviation in the continent, and the incredible story of Qatar Airways in Nigeria, among others How has it been…

NASS empathizes with crash victims’ families

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji on Sunday joined other members of the Aviation Community in empathising with the families of air accident victims as Nigeria marks, ” Air Accidents Victims Day”., Statistics released by Air Accident Investigation Bureau, (AIB) to mark the International Day for air crash victims and their families as recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organization, (AIB)showed that Nigeria lost about 2,036 lives to…

How high fares ‘kill’ Nigerians’ desire to travel by air

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Air travel is one of the barometers to gauge the health of a nation. Whenever a country is doing well, it will reflect on the number of people that travel by air. Nigerian aviation is not a stand-alone, it is part of the bigger economy of Nigeria and contributes to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). To this end, it is obvious that aviation is the quickest barometer to check any economy. A frequent…

United Airlines, Air Peace To Sign Code-share Pact, Others

Posted on February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 by Wole Shadare

United Nigeria Airlines Company Limited, operator of United Nigeria, says it is set to sign a business partnership deal with Air Peace. The Chairman, Chief Obiora Okonkwo, said this at a dinner to mark the first year anniversary of the company. The firm obtained its AOC (Air Operating Certificate) on February 12, 2021, and has since then been flying to various cities in Nigeria. Okonkwo said aviation stakeholders have realised the huge potential in…

Flight delay/cancellations: AON seeks end to attacks on airline staff, property

Posted on February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The umbrella body of scheduled airlines, the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has strongly condemned the spate of attacks on its workers by passengers over incessant flight delays and cancellations. A viral video had surfaced on social media showing how frustrated travelers took the law into their hands by manhandling Arik workers at the counters of the domestic airport in Lagos. The over hundred passengers were seen protesting the delay of their early morning flight…

COVID-19 test, travel ban repeal accelerating travel recovery-IATA

Posted on February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Momentum toward normalizing traffic is growing, says Walsh Carriers seeing improved ticket sales The removal of travel restrictions and cancellations of COVID-19 tests in some parts of the world is accelerating air travel as airlines are fast seeing recovery from the pandemic. Consequently, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data showing growing momentum in the recovery of air travel as restrictions are lifted. According to the clearinghouse for over 290 international airlines in…

Airlines at loggerheads with NASS, list reasons for flight delays

Posted on February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the umbrella body for airlines in Nigeria have expressed dismay statements credited to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi over reasons for incessant delays currently experienced by travellers in the country. During a joint oversight visit by the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Aviation to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in Lagos recently, the Senator said that domestic airlines delay passengers for 4…

Kenya Airways forecasts 20 percent rise in revenue in 2022

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Wole Shadare

One of Africa’s biggest airlines, Kenya Airways narrows losses occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic as the carrier expects a 20 percent in revenue in 2022, according to its CEO Allan Kilavuka. The carrier in which the government has a 48.9 percent stake saw revenue go down by half at the height of the pandemic in 2020 as airlines around the globe were forced to ground their airplanes. Kilavuka said, “We have been through the worst…

Flight delays cost more than just time, airlines’ reputation at stake

Posted on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Flight delay is almost becoming the new order in the Nigerian aviation industry. Everyone is worried and hurriedly looking for a solution. Apart from the fact that passengers have their aircraft travel rights, the reputation of airlines is at stake, writes, WOLE SHADARE Widespread phenomenon With the total number of global air travelers growing tenfold from 1970 to 2019, air traffic systems worldwide have become increasingly complicated and in many situations congested, causing negative consequences to…

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