Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Condition Of Service: Aviation Workers To Down Tools

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Aviation workers under the aegis of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) have protested against the poor condition of service of workers of the various aviation agencies, which have been on for seven years. Also, the Association of Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) have called for expeditious review of the condition of service of workers…

FAAN nabs 90 over fake COVID-19 test results, theft, others at Lagos, Abuja airports

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Touting on the rise at airports The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has arrested over 90 persons, caught at both the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, carrying out nefarious activities. Spokeswoman for FAAN, Mrs.Henrietta Yakubu in a statement said the touts were arrested for various acts of illegality including Fake Covid-19 test results, touting, unauthorised entry, trespass, Illegal facilitation, forgery, loitering, theft, public nuisance & arguments,…

Systemic Abuse Of Due Process To Beat Aircraft Importation Processes

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Wole Shadare

After the spate of air crashes of 2005 and 2006, several high-net-worth Individuals, banking institutions, and some multinational corporations sought a safer and more convenient alternative to commercial airline services within the domestic aviation market in Nigeria. This desire, coupled with the established class system within the country, fuelled by an inferiority complex has resulted in an insatiable appetite for acquisition, ownership, and operation of personal business and corporate jets. By 2008, the acquisition of…

No damage to Air Peace aircraft as plane blows away catering truck at Lagos airport

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Wole Shadare

An Air Peace B777 went unscathed as no damage was done to the wide-body aircraft when a catering truck was overturned and blown away by the thrust of an aircraft at the apron of the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Akin Olateru, an aircraft engineer simply told Aviation Metric that there was, “ No damage to the airplane. The airplane is flying at the moment”. The catering…

Controllers, engineers at loggerhead over pay disparity as crisis brews in NAMA

Posted on January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 by Wole Shadare

“Address our demands that are similar to ATCOs” Akinkuotu meets ‘warring groups Air traffic engineers under the aegis of the National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE) are ready for a showdown with the management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) over pay disparity with air traffic controllers. To forestall industrial unrest, the Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu was said to have met with several groups with a view to…

Budget: Aviation Gets N78.8bn As National Carrier’s Working Capital Gulps N400m

Posted on January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 by Wole Shadare

NAMA’s overhead excluded, AIB to spend N159.400m Power project at Lagos, other airports get N881.064m A total of N78.992 billion has been budgeted for the aviation industry just as the breakdown indicated that N71.300 billion is for capital expenditure, N6.880 billion for personnel cost in 2022, according to the Ministry’s budget sighted by Aviation Metric. This is slightly higher than that of 2021, which had N59.788 billion for capital expenditure; N397.197 million…

Windfall as NAMA raises controllers allowances, implements committee’s interim report

Posted on January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The negotiation committee set up by the Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Capt Fola Akinkuotu to look into the precarious situation of air traffic controllers has approved increased allowances for the workers and promoted those deserving of elevation. The air traffic controllers had in November last year threatened to shut the airspace following a series of deaths involving two air traffic controllers that slumped and died on duty. Their deaths infuriated the…

Preview: Investment In Aircraft, Concession, Others’ll Shape Aviation In 2022

Posted on January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The year 2022 would be very exciting for aviation in Nigeria with expected massive investments in airlines, aerodromes, and other critical areas. It is a defining year for aviation in the country, writes, WOLE SHADARE Turbulence The year 2021 came with a lot of troubles for the airlines and they would likely encounter more turbulence in 2022 as international travel restrictions and the ongoing pandemic continue to impact demand. For the aviation industry in Nigeria,…

How Govs Wasted N374bn On Unviable Airport Projects

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Wole Shadare

…Many abandoned, others linger for years Abia makes U-turn, says only 5% of residents travel by air Ministry grants Edo approval Despite the obvious failure of some airport projects embarked upon by some state governments to take off effectively, more state governors are still desperate to build unviable aerodromes in their domains. In this circumstance, the regulatory authorities are “forced” to spend revenue earned from four viable terminals in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, and…

‘How African Carriers Can Tap Into SAATM, ACfTA’

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Wole Shadare

For Africa to reap abundantly from the gains of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, the continent should be seen as a single market with free movement of persons and business with free movement of goods and services across the region. A former Managing Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Richard Aisuebeogun, expressed this view to Aviation Metric at the weekend. He noted that it would pave the way for the…

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