Author: Wole Shadare

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria [FAAN] has notified passengers and other airport users that in a bid to foster effective land-side traffic management, the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos has constituted a task force to ensure improvement in the flow of vehicular traffic. The objective of the task force, which is made up of officers from the aviation security department and other relevant security agencies shall be to control vehicular movement, prevent unauthorized parking at…

African airlines have posted a 2.1 per cent  traffic rise in May compared to the year-ago period. This was up from just 1.1% growth in April.  In the same vein, capacity climbed 0.1 per cent and load factor increased 1.3 percentage points to 67.0 per cent, this is just as Traffic between Africa and Europe continues to expand strongly, but economic growth in South Africa – a key regional economy and air transport market– contracted…

 Funds not part of statutory compensation 346 people died in October and March The families of two Nigerians killed in the Ethiopian Airline’s plane crash, Professor Pius Adesanmi and Ambassador Abiodun Bashua, a former Joint Special Representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Sudan are among the 155 others who are to benefit from Boeing’s $100 million special funds to assuage the pains of relatives left behind by the deceased. Also on board…

Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO aviance) Plc plans to grow its profit by 323.3 per cent to N2.13 billion in 2019. The management of the company also assured that ongoing strategic initiatives would deliver significant growths over the next five years. The management of the company presented the underlying facts behind the operations of the company to capital market stakeholders yesterday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Group Managing Director, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO…

  The Benin-Ore expressway episode was actually done to save life. WOLE SHADARE writes that patients transported to hospital by helicopter have a better chance of surviving traumatic injuries than those transported by ground ambulance  Stir The evacuation by Tropical Arctic Logistics Ltd last week of a seriously ill man on the ever busy Benin-Ore Expressway with a chopper has again brought to the fore the air Ambulance as essential lifesaving tool. The helicopter operator that caused a stir…

Intra-African trade is projected to grow from less than 12 per cent in 2013 to 50 per cent by 2045, while global trade will rise from two per cent to 12 per cent. Regional Vice-President, International Air Transport Association (IATA), Muhammed Ali Albakri, disclosed this at the IATA Regional Aviation Forum held in Accra, Ghana. Themed “Aviation: Business for Regional Prosperity,” Albakri stated that currently, air transport supports 6.2 million jobs and $55.8 billion of…

  The Federal Government has approved a Staff Conditions of Service for the Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N). The approval was conveyed in a letter dated 25 June, 2019 sent to the Bureau from the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation. This is the first time the Bureau will be having her own Condition of Service since it was established as an autonomous agency 12 years ago. The Bureau was established…

…Seeks proactive aviation safety centre for Nigeria, others Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau [AIB] Akin Olateru, an aircraft engineer lamented that Aviation Safety in Africa has continued to struggle on the world scale, saying it is high time the narrative  was changed. Olateru stated this when he proposed major aviation safety initiative at the international aviation safety meeting in Ottawa, Canada. Presenting his vision to significantly enhance aviation safety in Nigeria at the recently   concluded Plane…

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has celebrated it’s 100th anniversary, which is expected to be marked on Oct 7, 2019  with a festive event at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. It is 100 days to the historic event. It has also announced its intention to join hands for the future of aviation. Today, in an open letter, widely published, KLM invited all industry stakeholders to join hands in pursuit of a more sustainable future for aviation, under the banner…

  The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has assured airlines and other airspace users that the nation’s airspace is safe for seamless and economic air navigation. Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu made these remarks while receiving the Chief Operating Officer of the newly established Ibom Air, Mr George Uriesi who led a delegation to the agency’s headquarters in Lagos. He explained that the agency had taken drastic steps to tackle communication challenges especially…