Author: Wole Shadare

The House Committee Chairman on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji has appealed to airlines and private organizations within the aviation sector not to abandon their staff in this period of uncertainties occasioned by COVID19 pandemic.  Nnaji who represents Nkanu East/West Federal Constituency of Enugu State said he was disturbed by the memo issued to its staff by Max Air to the effect that it would not pay them salaries for the period of the two weeks lockdown…

  Workers’ get pay reduction, April pay uncertain Air Canada retrenches 15, 000, Lufthansa grounds operations till Sept April 2020 will define the precarious situation of many airlines have found themselves as Coronavirus pandemic is expected to reach roof top. In Nigeria, many airline workers have been asked to go on compulsory holiday for two weeks without pay, while others are proposing pay cut to their workers for as long as they keep their aircraft…

  The majority of Airbus sites in Spain have joined forces to produce 3D printed visor frames, providing healthcare personnel with individual protection equipment in the fight against Covid-19. More than twenty 3D printers are working day and night. Hundreds of visors have already been produced and dispatched to hospitals close to the Airbus facilities in Spain. Airbus leverages a patented design to manufacture the visor frames, using PLA plastics. “One of the reasons I…

  As global society struggles with the tragic and unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has described the impact of coronavirus on aviation sector as unimaginable The group represents the voice of safety leaders from across the world, from every aviation sector, operations to infrastructure, regulators to academia. Its guidance on COVID-19 represents a road map of sensible, practical actions that can supplement company procedures and lead to a safe, harmonized and sustainable return…

  COVID-19 forced contractor out of site The plan by the Federal Government to complete the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu before Easter is no longer feasible owing to the Coronavirus pandemic that led to shutdown of many firms and total lockdown of key states in Nigeria. Spokeswoman for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu said the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika in the company of the Managing Director of  FAAN, Capt Rabiu…

  The United States has explained why she evacuated her citizens from Nigeria amidst the ravaging coronavirus pandemic, stating that the country places priority on the safety of Americans overseas. In a terse statement issued on the US Embassy Nigeria social media platforms Tuesday morning, the embassy said many Americans want to return to their country to be with their family and friends at this time. Recall that the United States Mission in Nigeria had…

  Someone once said that history doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. Today, as all the world’s airlines face a cataclysm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, memories of the post-9.11 period come to mind. But this crisis is far worse. Within a period of a few weeks, airlines have seen passenger demand completely collapse. For most carriers the market for air travel is actually below zero—the number of people cancelling flights exceeds the number of new…

  The Instrument Landing System (ILS) Category 3 may have been installed but the equipment may serve as a big waste of resources if the NCAA, FAAN and airlines fail to do what is expected of them to key into the vision, WOLE SHADARE writes Wasted effort? The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) may have installed Category 3 Instrument Landing System at Lagos and Abuja airports, but the inability of other agencies in aviation sector to do…