Author: Wole Shadare

     The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) has released two preliminary reports on serious incidents involving aircraft owned and operated by Air Peace Limited and Max Air.   The Air Peace Boeing 737-500 aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-BUJ was en-route Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri on November 5th, 2019 when the incident occurred at about 23,000 feet above Mean Sea Level (FL230).   The report stated that the flight crew identified the occurrence as…

  African aviation is in a quandary; operators can’t afford to keep spending their maintenance budgets abroad, while establishing their own maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities is prohibitively expensive, WOLE SHADARE writes Lack of will Africa’s aviation potential is enormous but the will to harness it is what has pinned the continent’s burgeoning aviation sector to the wall and made exploiting the potential a tall order. A growing number of international and domestic operators are moving to…

    The baton of leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies, NANTA, come March this year will change to pave the way for a new leadership that will consolidate on the gains of the past administration and take it to a greater level. The greater level is geared towards taking the unity of all members to a higher level and making the Association a household name in the industry. At a news…

    Dear Captain Yadudu I write you as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the purpose of this missive is to call your attention to the peculiar mess at the tollgate of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and to seek some clarifications on this peculiar mess. Your role, Captain, is a very important role that few people actually stop to think about. Come to think of it, besides…

    Uncertainty over airline’s future The Federal Government may have concluded plans to rename Arik Air to Nigeria Eagle as it commences total rebranding of the airline, which is currently under the control of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). The prototype, cited by Woleshadarenews, which shows the logo of eagles emblazoned on the aircraft’s engine and painted in green colour, highlights the seriousness to give the airline a new look and reposition it for…

  A Nigerian firm, Santos Aviation, which specializes in aircraft interior furnishing, could help each airline to save substantial amount annually and over $100 million if more airlines do it within the country. Chief executive of 7-Stars Global hangar, Isaac Balami, an aircraft engineer told Woleshadarenews at the formal unveiling of Santos Aviation in Nigeria by representatives of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the Murtala Mohammad Airport that the new deal would…

  The House of Representatives has said it discovered over N65 billion unremitted  revenue by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) between 2014 to 2019. Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, Hon. James Faleke, made the allegations at a an interactive session with offcicials of FAAN at the National Assembly. He disclosed that records available to the committee show that FAAN remitted only N9 billion out of the N74 billion it was suppose…

     Air France, KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic have launched their expanded joint venture offering a greater choice of routes and loyalty options when travelling between Europe, the U.K. and North America.   The new partnership provides customers with more convenient flight schedules and a shared goal of ensuring a smooth and consistent travel experience, whichever airline people fly.  The partnership also provides the flexibility to book flights on any of the four carriers through their…

  Five new airlines are at the verge of joining existing ones. While it broadens the space for competition, WOLE SHADARE writes on how to mitigate the descent into a dog fight with no winner because of Nigeria’s low propensity to fly Rearing to go The country may witness very stiff competition in the airline industry as five new airlines are set to debut. It is not yet clear the stages they have gone in the acquisition…