Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Lagos airport receives ACI health accreditation certificate

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Wole Shadare

A day after the Nnamdi Azikiwe and the Port-Harcourt International Airports received their certificates of accreditation from the Airports Council International (ACI), The Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos has also received its certificate from the ACI, making it three airports in Nigeria that have received international airport health accreditation programme. Evidence was presented by the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), and reviewed by the Airports Council International (ACI), which showed that providing a safe…

Abuja, Port Harcourt Int.l Airports get ACI Health Accreditation Nod

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Two of Nigeria’s biggest gateways, the Abuja and Port Harcourt International Airports have been given a clean bill of health in meeting industry best practices by the Airport Council International (ACI). To this end, the two airports, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the Port Harcourt International Airport Omagwa have been accredited in the Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Health Accreditation Programme. The two International Airports are now the 1st and 2nd respectively to be accredited in this…

Virgin Atlantic Extends Free Date Changes Until April 30, 2023

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Virgin Atlantic has introduced unlimited free date and flight changes for new bookings as part of a series of enhancements to give further flexibility to customers and support their future travel plans. Alongside the improved changes policy, the re-booking horizon has been extended for all customers all the way until April 30, 2023, giving a broader window of time to reschedule plans if needed. The updated commercial policy enables Virgin Atlantic customers making a new…

UAE bars Air Peace to Dubai, stops flights from Nigeria

Posted on February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The United Arab Emirates, UAE Government has stopped Air Peace inbound flights from Nigeria to UAE as part of its COVID-19 measures. Air Peace in a statement however says, flights bringing Nigerians back from UAE are not affected. Spokesman for Air Peace Stanley Oliseh says flights from UAE (Sharjah-Dubai) to Lagos are not affected, “Normal flights shall resume when the restriction is lifted from February 28, 2021”. “Our esteemed customers whose flights are disrupted by…

Air Namibia liquidated, 600 jobs at risk

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Air Namibia, the national carrier of Southern African nation, Namibia would cease to operate as from February 11, 2021 according to the management of the airline. The cessation of operations of the airlines brings to the fore struggling African countries national carrier and at best many of them that are at the brink of collapse after so much public funds had been injected into them without hope of survival. Their problems have been worsened…

United Nigeria debuts with Lagos-Enugu route

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Wole Shadare

A new entrant into Nigeria’s airline operations; United Nigeria Airlines will conduct its inaugural flight on Friday, February 12, 2021. The inaugural flight to be operated with EMB145 aircraft type, would take off from the domestic wing of Murtala Mohammed Airport (MM2) and terminate at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu. Head of Corporate Communications of United Nigeria Airlines, Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu who confirmed the development to Aviation Metric added that the flight will also proceed from…

Emirates returns to Nigeria Feb. 28

Posted on February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Gives fresh 14 days rule for connecting passengers Emirates Airlines which suspended flights to Nigeria over spat between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) occasioned by controversy over Rapid Antigen Testing (RDT) prior to departure of Emirates flights from Nigeria said it would return to the lucrative Dubai-Nigerian routes February 28, 2021. This may have put an end to hope by passengers already booked on services by the airline that the spat…

Etihad Airways Cabin Crew, Pilots To Be Vaccinated Before Flying

Posted on February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways claims to have become the world’s first airline with 100 percent of its operating pilots and cabin crew vaccinated against COVID-19. The airline began vaccinating its crews earlier this year along with its Dubai-based counterpart, Emirates. “We proactively made the vaccine available to all our employees to not only help combat the effects of COVID-19 but to make travellers feel confident and reassured the next time they fly with us,” said Tony Douglas,…

Airlines ticket sales in Nigeria decline $132 million Q1 2020

Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 by Wole Shadare

NANTA lauds FG, faults UAE on Antigen test The effects on COVID-19 on air travel and its attendant effects on the country and economy was made manifest as total tickets sold for the first quarter 2020 decreased by $132 million. This is a sharp reduction of $282.35 million sold Q1 2019 by foreign carriers that operated in and out of the country. A data obtained from the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), captioned,…

UAE, Nigeria in battle of wits?

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Again, Emirates cancels flights, passengers stranded For two consecutive days, Emirates Airlines failed to operate out of Lagos and Abuja amid concerns that the pact reached by Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the later’s suspension of Rapid Antigen Testing (RDT) prior to departure of Emirates flights from Nigeria with immediate effect until such a time that the required infrastructure is made available by the Nigerian government may not have gone down well with…

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