Author: Wole Shadare

Berate transfer of members A fresh crisis is brewing in the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) over condition of service as the Almagamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and National Union of Air Transport Employee (NUATE) has raised alarm over plans to derail the exercise. The unions noted that the development was at the verge of being implemented when some individuals for selfish reasons brought another controversial union to NiMET. In a…

Two weeks after fire razed down the Imo Airport terminal, a similar incident almost happened when a fire incident was averted at in the  the equipment room of the new international terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The incident described as minor was swiftly curtailed by the in-built fire detection and protection system at the new terminal that triggered automatically according to the. Spokeswoman for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs….

      Union urges FG to halt move The renewed concession of four of Nigeria’s major airports by the Federal Government may lead to a fresh crisis, as the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association (ATSSSAN) said it would challenge the policy and had mapped out strategy to do so. ATSSSAN FAAN branch Chairman, Ahmed Danjuma, told our correspondent that the policy was not the best answer. Specifically, he said unions in the industry…

 Air Mauritius has taken delivery of its first A330-900, on lease from ALC during a ceremony held in Toulouse.  The National carrier of the Republic of Mauritius is the first A330neo operator based in the southern hemisphere, and the first airline in the world to operate a combination of both the A330neo and A350 XWB.   Benefiting from the A330neo unbeatable operating economics and award-winning Airspace cabin, the aircraft named Aapravasi Ghat in reference to…

Air Peace has concluded plans to deploy its wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft for its domestic operations on the Port Harcourt-Abuja and Abuja-Port Harcourt routes on Easter Friday and Monday. Air Peace recently acquired four Boeing 777 aircraft for its long-haul operations to Sharjah, Dubai, Johannesburg, London, Houston, Guangzhou and Mumbai.  Three of the wide-body aircraft have so far been delivered to the airline in readiness for its soon-to-start international operations. Spokesman for the airline, Mr….

Plans Lagos-New York flight  resumption next year Managing Director of Air Air, Captain Roy Ilegbodu has described over trading as one of the problems of Nigerian airlines that are driving them into extinction and by extension poor service delivery in the aviation industry. The airline chief while receiving President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Alhaji Razak Jaiyeola and his executive visited him in his office in Lagos, yesterday said virtually all Nigerian carriers…

  The 54th President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, (ICAN), Alhaji Razak Adeleke Jaiyeola, (2nd left) presenting book to Managing Director, Arik Air, Capt. Roy Ilegbdu, (2nd right), 2nd Deputy Vice President, (ICAN), Mrs.Comfort Olujumoke Eyitayo, (left) and Chairman, Ikeja District Society of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (IDSICAN), Mr. Oni Olalere during the ICAN visit to Arik Air at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on 18-04-2019: PHOTO:  

Issues notices to aerodrome operators The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has concluded plans to withdraw services from Gombe, Kebbi and Bebi airports. In a notice to the operators of the aerodromes made available to Woleshadarenews, the airport authority will shut the airports on May 1, 2019 if all outstanding debts to the agency are not defrayed. Spokeswoman for FAAN, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu said the listed airports would come under the hammer for now…

 It is an irony of some sorts that while Nigerian carriers are going through tough times, the airlines have maintained a high level of stability, which some operators say is helped by the airlines re-appraising their operations to stay afloat. Woleshadarenews investigation shows that the constant fear of airlines closing shop is no longer there, as many of the airlines are repositioning their operations and cutting loss making routes, particularly the West coast routes. Aviation…

Boeing and Airbus are outdoing each other with latest aircraft. Airlines are doing same, acquiring not only state-of the art airplanes, but spending billions of dollars to reconfigure their upper class cabins, writes WOLE SHADARE who witnessed Virgin Atlantic’s mock-ups cabin layout at its headquarters in Crawley, London The acquisition Longer hull, modified wings, new Rolls-Royce Trent-XWB engines and more robust systems. They are what Airbus plan to deliver to Virgin Atlantic in the summer. The game is…