Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Encroachment Heightens Nigerian Airport Security Challenges

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Encroachment into airport premises might be the next big issue. The problem is that Nigeria’s airports are in jeopardy even as the regulator is unable to bite when it comes to preventing structures that are hazardous to air safety, WOLE SHADARE writes Struggle for land Part of the crisis threatening peace in Africa is the struggle over land and natural resources. This crisis is rooted in a series of structural, historical, and socioeconomic factors….

Evacuation flights end August 25th, international flights resume August 29

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Wole Shadare

**Nations in race to complete planned evacuation *IATA releases health assessment guidelines for air travel All evacuation flights introduced in the wake of coronavirus that led to closure of international airspace will come to an end on August 25th, 2020 as the Federal Government announced the resumption of international flights from August 29, 2020. As a result, many countries are racing against time to conclude scheduled evacuation flights while allowing citizens to plan their scheduled…

International Flights Resume on August 29, says Sirika

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Wole Shadare

The Federal government has announced the resumption of international flights from August 29, 2020. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika made the announcement on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday evening. “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the 29th of August, 2020. “Beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with the domestic flight resumption,” he tweeted The Minister of Aviation added that all protocols must be observed. “Protocols and procedures will be announced in…

Editorial: Of Pilots’ Agitations, Intervention And Reality

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Last week’s intervention by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, in the conflict between the management of Air Peace and some of its pilot brought some respite into the local aviation industry as the sack earlier extended to the pilots and subsequent threat by the workers’ union to embark on strike would have led to another major crisis in the industry. Beyond the threat by the leadership of the National Association of Airline Pilots and…

Why we have Zero accidents in four years, by AIB

Posted on August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 by Wole Shadare

**62.7% final reports in four years represent total since agency’s creation The desire to keep the aviation industry safe by the Federal Government may have led to zero accident in the last four years according to the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). The successes were as a result of reforms in the accident investigative body and other relevant aviation agencies. Speaking with Woleshadarenews in Lagos at the weekend, spokesman for AIB, Mr. Tunji Oketunbi while elaborating…

Airbus Banks On Narrow-Bodies To Lead Recovery In Middle East

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Airbus believes that Middle East operators will begin ordering narrow-body planes well before new wide-bodies are purchased as the aviation industry begins to drag itself out of the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic virtually put a stop to aircraft orders and deliveries in Q2 as international travel restrictions caused passenger demand to evaporate and airline revenues and cash reserves to nosedive. Mikail Houari, Airbus’ Middle East and Africa president, has said that the planemaker expects air…

Half Of Middle East’s Aviation-Related Jobs Under Threat

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Wole Shadare

More than half of the Middle East region’s aviation-related jobs are at risk because of the shutdown of air traffic due to the Covid-19 pandemic. That is according to the International Air Transport Association, which estimates that job losses in aviation and related industries could grow to 1.5 million. That is more than half of the region’s 2.4 million aviation-related employment and 300,000 more than the previous estimate. “Middle East economies have been brought to…

Reps flay Enugu airport perimeter fence demolition

Posted on August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 by Wole Shadare

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji has described as unfortunate alleged destruction of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, (AIIA) perimeter fence by an indigene, Mr. J J Emejulu, an architect. Nnaji noted that all over the world properties are relinquished by citizens for overriding public interest, adding that several other people including communities have lost their landed properties both for the airport use and for the relocation of the market that…

US Visa restriction: Nigeria meets two out of six conditions

Posted on August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 by Wole Shadare

…Buhari hopeful of reversal President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the country is making progress to reverse the United States suspension of the issuance of “immigrant visas” to Nigerian passport holders. According to News Guru, receiving the report of the committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonization chaired by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, the President expressed delight that two out of the six areas of concern raised by the United States had…

IATA: COVID-19 worsens Africa’s aviation, seeks urgent relief for airlines

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Wole Shadare

**Job losses up by 3.5 million, traffic down by 54% Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Muhammad Al Bakri has urged African governments and the development institutions who have committed funding to provide it urgently in a structure that does not weaken already stressed airline balance sheets, before it is too late. This is coming as the group released new data indicating that…

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