Author: Wole Shadare

  History was made today as Australian airline Qantas successfully completed the first-ever nonstop flight between New York City and Australia, landing in Sydney just before 7:45 a.m. Sunday, Sydney time, after 19 hours and 16 minutes in the air. The flight, designated QF7879, became the longest commercial flight in the world, surpassing Singapore Airlines’ regular commercial service between Singapore and New York. Qantas also plans to test a nonstop flight from London to Sydney…

The Nigeria Air Traffic Controllers Association NATCA has called for more funding of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency NAMA by the federal government in order to reduce the agency’s financial burden in training technical staff The national president of NATCA, Mr Abayomi Agoro who made this in an interview with aviation journalists in his office in Lagos while highlighting the importance of world Airtraffic Controllers Day and its forthcoming annual conference, said the system was…

Serko Limited (NZX & ASX:SKO) announced today that Zeno is now live with end to end NDC booking capability through the Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP), following a successful pilot with launch partner CT Connections. Serko’s Travel Management Company partners now have the option to access Qantas airfares in Zeno through either their existing Global Distribution System (GDS) connections or through the direct QDP connection. Zeno’s flexible content engine enables travel bookings that source flights and…

Chairman, House Committee on Aviation, National Assembly, Honourable Nnolim Nnaji will be addressing aviation stakeholders as guest speaker at the Nigeriatravelsmart annual colloquium on Thursday, 24th October 2019 at the prestigious Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The theme for this year’s fourth edition is: “Airport concession and options for airports development in Nigeria.” Expected Panel discussants at the colloquium includes Capt Dapo Olumide, CEO Ropeways Transport Limited; Ali Mohammed Magashi, CEO, Kitari Consult Limited and…

  Eight years after the collapse of Wi-Fi services at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is mulling plans to re-install the facility at the airport terminal. Communication giant, Glo, had, a few years ago, entered into a pact with FAAN for the provision of the facilities at the terminal at a cost many considered exorbitant to be sustained as many of them preferred to use their personal…

  Here’s how the typical story-line of technology goes: something new is invented, then it becomes old and are replaced it with a more advanced version. But in rare instances, tech is so advanced that they are not actually prepared to replace it by the time it ages out of fashion, writes WOLE SHADARE. Well beyond its time Case in point: the Concorde. It was a plane ahead of its time—quite literally, as a flight from…

  Domestic carriers fret, bleed   Capital flight could rise to N600bn yearly At a time Nigerian carriers are shouting themselves hoarse to cut down on multiple designations to foreign airlines, the carriers are clandestinely lobbying the Ministry of Aviation for more flights into the country, Woleshadarenews has learnt. Besides, the carriers are lobbying influential people in government and some state governors for help to extend flight operations to many states in Nigeria, a situation that has…

    Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading carrier is re-launching flight services to Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri the Imo State capital. Daily flights to Owerri from the Murtala Muhammed Domestic Airport, Lagos will resume on Monday, October 21, 2019. Arik Air suspended flights to Owerri early this year due to operational exigencies and since then passengers have been yearning for a return of the leading carrier. The re-launch of flights to Owerri is coming on the…

Despite the Open Skies’ policy otherwise known as the Single Africa Air Transport Market (SAATM), Nigerian carriers are at a very disadvantaged position according to findings by Woleshadarenews The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) is a project of the African Union to create a single market for air transport in Africa. Once completely in force, the single market is supposed to allow significant freedom of air transport in Africa, advancing the AU’s Agenda 2063 The inability of Nigerians carriers to…