Author: Wole Shadare

There are indications that the revenue of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has drastically dwindled due to loss of revenue from over-flier charges which form the bulk of the agency’s revenue. The paucity of funds has seriously affected the smooth running of the agency. Failure to quickly resolve the issue could further plunge the parastatal further into crisis. NAMA is self-sustaining. It generates its own resource and funds most of its projects from internally…

  Says agencies to collaborate to improve safer skies   To enable the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) comply with the requirements of the Act and the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB)  regulations, the aviation regulatory body disclosed that it has constituted a team of inspectors from the different technical areas and specialties of Airworthiness, Flight Operations, Air Navigation Services, Personnel Licensing and Aerodrome Operations.  The Director General of NCAA, Capt. Muhtar Usman in a statement…

AIB releases six reports  Agency releases 46 final reports, 178 recommendations The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB] likened the crash seven years ago of former Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai as suicide mission as the late governor who flew the Cessna 208BCaravan aircraft was ‘not certified, qualified and not competent to fly the ill-fated airplane’. The aircraft had no record of registration with the NCAA and had no record with any aircraft maintenance organisations; an indication…

…vows not to rebuild shut down equipment …NCC frowns at move Telecommunications operators in the country have called the bluff of the aviation industry regulator, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over its threat to demolish 700 telecoms masts. The telcos said the agency would only throw Nigerians into service blackout as they would not make any attempt to rebuild any mast that is shut down. Expressing shock that NCAA would take such decision after a…

Dana Air’s passengers are in for an exciting time with the airline’s recently introduced product ‘Cash plus Miles’ for members of its reward program called Dana Miles.   With the new initiative, passengers flying Dana Air who are also members of the airline’s Loyalty and Reward program- Dana miles can now top up their miles balance with a little cash to get low fares 24 hours to their flight.   Speaking on the newly introduced…

 Airbus has appointed Jean-Marc Nasr, 57, Executive Vice President Space Systems within the Airbus Defence and Space division.  Nasr will assume his new duties on 1 June 2019 and succeeds Nicolas Chamussy, 51, whose next assignment is subject to further notice. In his new role, Nasr will be Member of the Airbus Defence and Space’ Executive Committee and report to Dirk Hoke, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space.  “We are at an exciting moment in…

 Chides Globacom, others over non compliance 40, 000 mast towers erected in Nigeria Wole Shadare The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has given owners of masts erected on airways across the country 30 days to remove them or get them pulled down. Consequently, over 7,000 telecommunication masts and towers belonging to  Globacom Limited and other Global System for Mobile Communications[GSM] providers pose serious safety risk to aviation and air travel. The aviation regulatory body in…

They bite more than they can chew. That is one of the major problems of Nigerian carriers. Could this be the reason for their poor performance, leaving passengers dry? WOLE SHADARE asks Rapid growth Is your business suddenly short of cash? Maybe you are overtrading. When a business expands too quickly and is making fantastic profits, it can find itself in this situation. It is like the Gimli Glider*, everything is going well, then, suddenly,…