Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

ValueJet to expand regional network, opens Accra, Cotonou, Malabo routes

Posted on August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 by Wole Shadare

ValueJet, a growing private Nigerian carrier, has concluded plans to launch a hat trick of routes from its hub in Lagos to Cotonou, Benin Republic, Accra, Ghana, and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, less than three years after commencing scheduled flight operations. The airline kick-started its foray into regional operations with the launch of direct flights to Banjul, The Gambia, from Lagos on May 15, 2025, underlying its ambitious regional route expansion plans. The carrier’s…

Volte-Face: Airline operators lift flight ban on Emmanson

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have formally lifted the no-flight ban on Ms. Comfort Emmanson. The operators in the statement said the lifting of the ban was necessitated by the intervention of the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, who issued a directive to the carriers to lift the ban on the alleged unruly passenger. A statement by the spokesman of AON, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo said having…

AON break ranks, member says ban on Emmanson for review, decision hasty, denied fair hearing

Posted on August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Bernard says AON owes her apology A senior member of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) and the President/CEO of Topbrass Aviation Limited, Roland Iyayi, said Comfort Emmanson, the passenger who assaulted an Ibom Air cabin crew member, was not given a fair hearing before the airline group slammed a no-flight ban on her. Iyayi Iyayi, who spoke to Aviation Metric, said that what he has seen, the airline board would review the ban,…

FG pardons Emmanson, restores pilots’ licenses, airlines staff, agencies to undergo training

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Asks airlines to lift no-flight ban on Emmanson Orders withdrawal of charges against disruptive passenger K1 gets flight ban reduction from six to one month In a sweeping effort to restore sanity to the aviation industry, which had been hit by bad publicity due to unruly behaviour by music star Ayinde Marshal and Ms. Confort Emmanson, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has offered amnesty to the parties involved. The Minister…

BASL boss, Jibodu, tasks govt to encourage investments with PPP support

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Chief Operating Officer, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Remi Jibodu, has called on the Federal Government to encourage existing Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). The support of such ventures, he said, would greatly encourage more people to invest not only in aviation but in other sectors that the government may not have the ready resources to invest in. Jibodu The MMA2 concession agreement under the Build Operate and Transfer…

Amusan: Nigeria needs urgent investment in ageing airport facilities

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

A former National President of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agents (NANTA), Dr. Soji Amusan, has expressed concern about the condition of many airports across the country. He stated that many of Nigeria’s airports are ageing, congested or lack the modern facilities needed to accommodate growing passenger volumes and next-generation aircraft, stressing that investment in air traffic management, runway upgrades, passenger terminals and cargo facilities is urgently needed. He noted that in a…

Ethiopian Airlines Group, AfDB Ink Mandate Letter To Provide $500M For Africa’s Largest Aviation Infrastructure Project

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Following the signing of the Letter of Intent (LoI) on March 24th, 2025, Ethiopian Airlines Group (EAG) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed a landmark mandate letter appointing the Bank as Initial Mandated Lead Arranger (IMLA) for the financing of Ethiopian Airlines’ mega airport, a transformative aviation hub poised to redefine air connectivity across Africa. Under this Mandate Letter, AfDB will provide a loan of $500 million and lead the mobilisation of the remaining…

ValueJet enters agreement to manage, operate Cally Air’s CRJ 1000 jets

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

ValueJet, a growing private Nigerian carrier, has entered into a sub-lease and operational services agreement with Cally Air (the Cross River State–owned airline) under which ValueJet will manage and operate two Bombardier CRJ1000 regional jets on behalf of Cally Air. Under the sub-lease, ValueJet will be responsible for the day-to-day operating functions for the two CRJ1000s. It is understood that the leases are formally held by ValueJet, which will operate under ValueJet’s Air Operator Certificate…

Safety Breach: K1, pilots’, Emmanson conducts expose Nigeria’s aviation soft underbelly

Posted on August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

At a time Nigeria is making an upward trajectory in aviation in terms of policy direction, the loss of sanity by the musician, ValueJet pilots and assault by Comfort Emmanson on Ibom Air’s cabin crew could erode the gains made in the last two years if the matter is swept under the carpet. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is watching. The world is watching, writes WOLE SHADARE The incident involving popular musician King…

Minister orders sanctions against airline staff who released indecent video of Emmanson

Posted on August 11, 2025August 11, 2025 by Wole Shadare

“We will not tolerate debasing of womanhood” Orders joint airport security meeting next week The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has read the riot on Aviation Safety and Security about the case of unruly Ms. Comfort Bob Emmanson, who was seen in a viral video assaulting a cabin crew of Ibom Air and the altercation she had with airline staff before she was taken away. While admitting the unruly behaviour of the…

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