Author: Wole Shadare

Arising from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the constrained ability of the airline to complete heavy maintenance activities and return its planes to operations, stunted revenues against increasing operational costs, the management of Arik Air (In Receivership) has declared 300 staff members redundant to its current level of operations.   The airline in a statement said the leadership of the impacted unions have been contacted to negotiate a redundancy package for…

Only Aviation Pays For Meteorological Services-Reps The Director-General of Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Prof. Abubakar Sani Mashi has disclosed that international oil companies, (IOCs) spend over $230 million annually for Meteorological services from outside the country, stressing that NIMET has the capacity to provide same service the oil companies contract outside the country. The NIMET DG while receiving the House Committee on Aviation in its oversight visit led by its chairman, Nnolim Nnaji to NIMET…

The Ibom Airline management has  said it has contributed more than N1 billion directly and indirectly to the economy of Akwa Ibom people through vendors and suppliers within the period of its existence. The management also said that more than  300,000 passengers have been airlifted by Ibom Airlines Limited since its inception last year. Group Manager, Marketing and Communications of the Airline, Mrs. Aniekan Essienette  said in Uyo on Tuesday that the Airline would continue…

  Minister, Aviation Professionals, Others Mourn The aviation industry in Nigeria today woke up to the shock of the departure of the immediate Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Muhtar Usman. Since his sudden departure early hours of today, grief enveloped the entire aviation industry with many professionals, aviators and colleagues extolling the virtue of the aircraft pilots who meant so many things to so many people. To underscore the huge vacuum his…

FAAN Inspects Facilities At 23 Airports The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned pilots, airline operators and others to exercise caution as severe dust haze and fog phenomenon are expected to be prevalent in Nigerian airports. This is contained in an advisory circular signed by the Director General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu. The NCAA says, the adverse weather condition expected occurrence is to subsist from October in the far North; November over the North…

 Seek FG’s intervention The Chairman, house of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji has warned of dare consequences of the current hike in domestic air travel on the overall economy of the nation if not urgently addressed. Nnaji in a statement issued in Abuja urged the Federal Government to immediately address the challenges of the domestic airline operators which he said could be responsible for the recent astronomical rise in airfares. Domestic airfare as at last…

Delta Air Lines, the Aeroporti di Roma and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have joined in a first-of-its-kind trans-Atlantic COVID-19 testing program that will enable quarantine-free entry into Italy, in accordance with a decree expected to be issued soon by the government of Italy. “Carefully designed COVID-19 testing protocols are the best path for resuming international travel safely and without quarantine until vaccinations are widely in place,” said Steve Sear, Delta President – International and Executive…