Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

MMA2, Ethioipan Airlines bag awards for excellence

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Wole Shadare

For their outstanding performances, two of the most recognisable brands, the Murtala Muhammed Airport2, otherwise known as MMA2 operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) and Africa’s most profitable airline, Ethiopian Airlines have been rewarded by bagging the ‘Most COVID-19 compliant terminal’ and the ‘Most COVID-19 Innovative carrier’ respectively by Nigerian aviation journalists under the aegis of League of Airports and Aviation Correspondent (LAAC). The presentation of awards took place at the just concluded 25th…

NCAC, FTAN partner for tourism promotion

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The newly elected Executive of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) have been assured of greater cooperation to move the association to higher heights. The Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe gave the assurance in Abuja today when the newly elected Executive of the Federation paid him a courtesy call in his office. The Director General who felt highly honoured said the visit which was timely, attested that…

NiMet Predicts Little Dry Season in Edo, Enugu, and Delta

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet has predicted that places like Edo, Delta, and Enugu could experience an extension of the Little Dry Season (August break) effect. A statement by the General Manager, Public Relations, NiMet, Muntari Yusuf Ibrahim noted that the Little Dry Season (LDS) or commonly referred to as August Break, is a period of little or no rainfall activities common to areas with well-defined bimodal rainfall regime such as the southwestern region of…

Africa Leads Global Air Cargo Industry, Posts Strongest H1 Growth Since 2017

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air cargo markets for June showing a 9.9% improvement on pre-COVID-19 performance (June 2019). This pushed first half-year air cargo growth to 8%, its strongest first half performance since 2017 (when the industry posted 10.2% year-on-year growth). African airlines saw their International cargo demand increase by 33.5% compared with the same month in 2019. This was the strongest performance of all regions worldwide, but…

Minister, others seek sustainable policy for aviation sector growth

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Wole Shadare

COVID-19 impacts $994 million loss to Nigeria’s aviation in 2020 Experts in the aviation industry brainstormed on myriads of problems besetting the aviation industry in Nigeria with a view to solving some of the problems. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika who was represented by Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Mr. Akin Olateru spoke at a one day seminar titled, “Nigeria’s aviation industry: Management, Policy and Regulation”, held in Lagos. He disclosed that the Ministry…

Senate Committee visits NAHCO, vows to tackle firm’s major challenges

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, nahco aviance on Monday hosted the Senate Committee on Privatization, led by its Chairman, Senator Theodore Orji who expressed willingness to bring the desired major challenges of the Company to the floor of the Senate for consideration. He stated that his committee is saddled with the task of accessing the situation with privatized entities and intervene where necessary to ensure their operations are flawless. According to Sen, Orji, ‘’we…

….When PCR tests cost more than international air travel

Posted on July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Wole Shadare

As travel rebounds in many parts of the world after excruciating lockdown of air travel occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic, many countries are still hit by high costs of PCR tests-the so-called gold standard, writes, WOLE SHADARE Air travel hampered Restarting international travel is vital to supporting the 46 million travel and tourism jobs around the world that rely on aviation. Meanwhile, high cost of testing will bear heavily on the shape of the travel recovery….

Lagos Marriott Hotel to host Aviation, Cargo and Export Expo

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The newly opened Lagos Marriott Hotel will play host to the first AviaCargo event in Nigeria. The upscale Marriot was opened to the public in May 2021. Managing Director of Macfolly Hospitality Limited the owners of Lagos Marriott, Chike Ogeah led the organisers round the function suites of the hotel. “Aviation and Cargo are part of the heritage of the owners of this hotel and we are happy to be a part of this maiden…

Ilorin airport re-opens 24 hours after Air Peace tyre burst incident

Posted on July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 by Wole Shadare

NCAA, AIB, Airline dismiss crash report Overland, Arik cancel flights over runway blockage For more than 24 hours, the Ilorin International Airport runway was shut ,occasioned by Air Peace’s B737 aircraft that got stuck on the runway after two of its tyres burst shortly after landing Friday morning. The incident led to temporary closure of the run-way and prevented the operations of other airlines( Overland airways and Arik). Aviation Metric reliably gathered that the…

Blocked funds: Bangladesh, Lebanon, Nigeria top countries as trapped money hits $601 million in Africa

Posted on July 21, 2021July 22, 2021 by Wole Shadare

IATA faults stockpiling of vaccines by rich nations while continent lacks Wants Govts’ to listen to WHO The International Air Transport Association (IATA) , the clearing house for global airlines, has disclosed that over $601 million of airlines funds are trapped in some African countries; a situation that has negatively impacted carriers operating into the continent. Nigeria is listed among the countries that are keeping foreign airlines’ funds. On top of this…

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