Author: Wole Shadare

  90 passengers on-board, AIB begins probe   A B737-500 aircraft belonging to Air Peace which departed Lagos for Owerri lost one of its two engines morning. The six man crew which departed Lagos airport returned to Lagos airport 19 minutes after take-off. According to air traffic controllers, the flight crew declared engine failure at 07:47 local time and subsequently made an air return to Lagos with 90 passengers and six crew members on board. The Accident…

  Common sense seems to have prevailed with the acquisition of multi-million dollars calibration aircraft. WOLE SHADARE writes that Nigeria is saving so much for in-house navaids calibration and possible commercialisation   Intervention Safety is the number one priority for air transportation industry, which is the second largest industry sector in the world with regard to revenue after oil and gas. Globally, governments and airport managers spend billions on safety, including on safety beacons (called navigational aids) that…

  Only Arik certified to use the PBN system The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is at a loss as to how domestic airlines can take advantage of the on-going installation of the over $24 million Category 3 Instrument Landing System (ILS) in Lagos and Abuja airports. The average cost of each of the equipment ranges between $4 million and $5 million and the airspace agency is already installing two for Lagos and Abuja for…

  Following the recent decision of the Federal Government to carry out major rehabilitation at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has said that the job at the airport is more than just runway resurfacing. Spokeswoman for FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, disclosed to Woleshadarenews that the perception held about the airport was not correct as it is not just resurfacing, but also reconstruction and expansion, which are necessary to ensure…

The over-flier charges by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) considered to be exorbitant has forced foreign airlines to avoid the country’s airspace as they considered alternative airspace cheaper than that of the country This was disclosed by the Chief Executive of Ropeways Transport Limited, Capt. Dapo Olumide at a Colloquium with theme, “Airport Concession and Options For Airports Development in Nigeria”, put together by Publisher NTM, Simon Tumba. His words, “Foreign airlines are avoiding…

13 passengers unhurt, AIB begins probe A graphic picture of an incident involving a helicopter belonging to Bristow Helicopters has been given by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and the airline. Spokesman for AIB, Tunji Oketunbi in a statement said the Sikorsky 92 aircraft declared emergency in an offshore platform enroute Port Harcourt from GERD with 13 passengers onboard, stressing that there were no fatality. Oketunbi however noted that the accident investigative body had commenced…

Being a rejionder by Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) on our article published in New Telegraph and Woleshadare.net The above captioned as published in the Business page of the New Telegraph on 29th October, obviously makes an interesting read. It depicts a cautious commendation of the high performance of the Honourable Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika. Equally appreciated is its advisory for the Honourable Minister to be more sensitive and conscious of Federal…

Airbus cut its full-year delivery goal for commercial jets on Wednesday, as the planemaker struggles with production delays at a newly expanded German plant. Europe’s largest aerospace group expects to deliver “around 860” airliners in 2019 instead of the 880-890 previously targeted, the company said as it posted 1.6 billion euros ($1.78 billion) in adjusted operating income for the third quarter, reports Reuters. The revised delivery numbers and outlook “reflect the underlying actions to secure…