Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Comair Endgame Shows African Airlines’ Vulnerability

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The imminent collapse of loss-making British Airways’ franchisee airline, Comair, did not come to many as a surprise. Comair’s problems sum up the precarious situation of many Nigerian and African airlines, which existence hangs in the balance, writes WOLE SHADARE The unfortunate collapse of Comair, a South African-based airline, has again raised concern over the vulnerability of African airlines. All over the continent, the region is replete with hundreds of airlines that have packed up….

Dana Air, FAAN partner on national aviation summit

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Wole Shadare

One of Nigeria’s leading airlines, Dana Air, is partnering with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on the maiden edition of the FAAN National Aviation Conference (FNAC) scheduled to hold from 14th to 17th of June, at the international conference center Abuja. As a partner of the conference themed: Advancing the frontiers of Possibilities for Safe, Secure, and Profitable Air Transport, Dana Air is providing discounted airfares to the organisers, participants, delegates, and partners of…

Comair collapse: Beyond rescue

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Comair, the airline that flew in British Airways colours in southern Africa will never fly again in Africa. The signs that the airline was at the closing stages of operations were imminent. They were pressed down by regulatory and financial issues. Top members of the airline for two years tried to save the carrier by seeking to secure funding but they were unable to do so-had no option to lodge the application. It is an…

Global airlines cargo volume plunges

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Wole Shadare

African airlines saw cargo volumes decrease by 6.3% in April 2022 compared to April 2021. This was significantly slower than the growth recorded the previous month (3.1%). Capacity was 1.5% below April 2021 levels. The disclosure was made by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) which released April 2022 data for global air cargo markets showing a drop in demand and contraction in capacity. The effects of Omicron in Asia and the Russia–Ukraine war according to…

FG to kick-start aviation sector road map as FCT hands 12, 000 hectare land for projects

Posted on June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Muhammed Musa Bello has handed over the Certificate of Occupancy for 12,000 hectares of land in Abuja to his aviation counterpart, Senator Hadi Sirika. The 12,000 hectares of land is for the actualization of the aviation roadmap projects of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. According to the Director-Planning Research and Statistics of the Federal Ministry of Aviation who represented the Minister, Mohammed Kabiru Shehu, said one of the key projects…

New Lagos int’l airport terminal in limbo

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Call it a lack of planning, you would not be wrong. The lack of foresight for the newly built terminal in Lagos has kept foreign airlines away from it, writes, WOLE SHADARE Idle terminal No one would have expected a multi-million dollar Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos to remain idle months after the facility was commissioned in April by President Muhammadu Buhari considering the fact that for many years, the project which was expected to be…

INTERVIEW: There are many unviable airlines in operation-Adefope

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Mr. Femi Adefope is the Chairman of APG IET. In this interview with WOLE SHADARE at the just concluded APG Day held in Lagos speaks on the essence of APG Day, the general state of the travel industry in Nigeria, corporation between airlines, and other issues. What is the essence of this event? Does this look like the first time we are having something like the APG Day in Nigeria? No. APG, being a…

Boost as Nigeria Air gets Air Transport License

Posted on June 5, 2022June 5, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The quest for Nigeria to float a new national airline, Nigeria Air received a boost as the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) will on Monday present the airline with Air Transport Licence (ATL). The licence will be presented to the interim management of the airline at the headquarters of the aviation regulatory body in Abuja. This was made known on the Instagram handle of the Ministry of Aviation @fmaviationng which reads, “The @NigerianCAA will on…

Emirates’ dnata to invest $100m in green operations

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Wole Shadare

dnata has taken concrete steps to reduce water consumption and recycle waste across its different business units, as well as increase investments in electric and hybrid ramps, ground support, and forklift equipment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and meet the latest safety and quality standards. Emirates group subsidiary and global airport services provider, dnata announced on Thursday it plans to invest $100 million (AED 367 million) in green operations over the upcoming two years, as…

Re: Foreign travel syndicates rip-off Nigeria with SOTO tickets sales

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Your Aviation Metric news release of Wednesday, June 1, 2022, refers. “Foreign travel syndicates rip-off Nigeria with SOTO ticket sales. The big travel agents like Satguru, Waheguru, Blueberry, and others, particularly based in India and Southeast Asia take advantage of the relative ease in ticket issuance through APG IET and other Global Distribution Systems (GDS) like Amadeus, Galileo, and Sabre among others issue what is generally known as Sold Outside Tickered Outside (SOTO)will incur additional…

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