Author: Wole Shadare

Overland Airways COO Calls For More Action Promotes Competency and Capacity Building Among Women In commemoration of the International Women’s Day and to support ICAO’s Young Aviation Professionals Programme, Mrs. Aanu Benson, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Overland Airways Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading airlines has called for increased women participation in the aviation industry. Mrs. Benson notes that the industry is fast expanding and over the next decade there would be critical need for pilots,…

In celebration of the International Women’s Day 2019, Dana Air has supported the Women in Media Development initiative 2019 and Women Entrepreneur Fair, scheduled to hold on the 29th and 30th of March at the Justice Idris Kutigi Conference Centre in Minna Niger State. The Women Entrepreneur Fair (WEF), an initiative of the Airmingle Media ltd is aimed at training, empowering and showcasing female entrepreneurs, women in business and encouraging them to come together and share their experiences in…

Flight delay by domestic airlines went unabated and has continued to take the joy out of air travel.  As a result, domestic airlines operating in Nigeria recorded 36,350 cases of delayed flights between January and December 2018. This was contained in statics released by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Nigeria’s biggest airline, Air Peace ranks first as the airline with the highest 14, 069 flight delayed, 137 cancelled flights and operated 22, 055 flights….

FAAN set to decongest Lagos traffic Nigeria may have given Turkish Airlines and Emirates additional frequency (Flight rights) to operate to the Port-Harcourt Airport and the newly-built Abuja International Airport terminal. This has, however, expanded their scope of operations in Nigeria, which is lopsided and not in tandem with the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) Nigeria has with these countries. The newly commissioned Abuja Airport has annual capacity of 15 million passengers, while Port Harcourt…

Claims, counter claims over MMA2 concession persist  Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the ultra-modern Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2) have called on stakeholders in the aviation industry to encourage Bi-Courtney and other private investors and developers to save the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from itself and its abysmal management of airport infrastructure. The company alleged that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) through its actions has consistently breached its obligations in…

With protectionism constricting air traffic growth in Africa, WOLE SHADARE calls for capacity development to increase the market share of air transport in the continent Protectionism in aviation, particularly to airline business is the practice of shielding a country’s domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports’. Aviation protectionism is simply preventing other airlines from operating into a country. This is principally due to the fact that the governments want to protect their national carriers,…

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace said its planned operations to Sharjah and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from Lagos is strategic to its flight operations, adding that it had no plans from doing so from Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Spokesman for the airline, Chris Iwarah said it had not altered its plan to commence its Sharjah and Dubai services from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. He disclosed that arrangements for its long-haul…

Country requires urgent fleet renewal   Nigeria and many other countries are expected to benefit from the $150 billion investment in 1,000 aircraft acquisition in the next 20 years, according to participants at the just-ended Africa aviation summit in Kigali, Rwanda. President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, said the huge investment would provide enormous growth to the continent’s aviation industry. The fourth edition of the Aviation Africa Summit & Exhibition saw over 800 delegates from 71…

The Aviation Africa Summit and exhibition was opened yesterday by Rwandan President, H.E. Paul Kagame with a strong message of support for the aviation industry along with a reaffirmed determination to see Africa progress with its ‘Open Skies’ actions.  President Kagame was chairperson of the African Union (AU) in 2018 when the agreement for the introduction of a Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) was signed by African nations.   “Sixteen countries in Africa are…