Author: Wole Shadare

  While Airbus pulls plug on costly A380 Superjumbo and deliveries to stop in 2021, WOLE SHADARE writes on aircraft that proved to be the game changer in the bitter aerospace rivalry between Boeing and Airbus There is no doubt that the rivalry between the two biggest aircraft manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing dates back to many years. Both firms located in Toulouse, France and Seattle, Washington has been at each other’s throat trying to outdo…

With Permanent Voter Cards (PVC), thousands of Nigerians who want to travel to vote in the rescheduled Presidential election have been given air fare cut by Aero Contractors and Arik Air, as both carriers introduced promo fares to encourage disenchanted electorates.  The airlines made the disclosure in separate statements issued by their spokespersons, Mr. Banji Ola and Mr. Chika Ubendu respectively on Monday in Lagos. Nigerians are set to go to the polls on Feb….

Landover Aviation Business School (LABS), a leading aviation training school in West Africa, has produced the student with the best performance in Nigeria in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Foundation in Travel and Tourism with Amadeus course in the December 2018 diet.  Ms. Adeola Alade, a graduate of LABS made a distinction in the course and became IATA Overall Best Performer in Nigeria. LABS had produced IATA Best Performer in Nigeria in 2012, 2013,…

 National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has urged Air Peace crew to consider their role in exposing drug couriers as a commitment to save lives. Speaking during an eight-day training for Air Peace cabin crew members, which opened at the weekend in Lagos, the agency warned that those involved in drug peddling risked killing themselves or being executed if caught in some countries of the world with harsh anti-drug laws. The training is part of…

Airports operated 24 hours on Feb.15 to distribute INEC materials-Agency The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has said that it ensured a 24-hour operation at all Nigerian airports on Feb. 15 to facilitate the transportation of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ) materials nationwide. This has put a lie to statement by the chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu that weather prevented the airlift of sensitive electoral materials to all the states of the federation…

Losses could rise to $500 million next Saturday  Aviation and travel suffered were hard hit as the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) postponed Nigeria’s Presidential election less than six hours to the commencement of voting. The huge loss according to the Managing Director of Aglow Aviation, Mr. Tayo Ojuri the postponement would have an adverse impact on the aviation sector which will directly affect the Nigerian economy. Ojuri disclosed that it would be difficult to quantity the…

West Africa’s biggest carrier, Air Peace increased its tally of firsts, setting a new record as the first commercial airline to fly into the newly-built Bayelsa International Airport. The airline, which is credited with many recording-setting events, including being the first to acquire and register a Boeing 777 in Nigeria as well as the first carrier in West Africa to order the Boeing 737 MAX 8, flew a 50-seater Embraer 145 jet into the Bayelsa…

Emirates to reduce its A380 orderbook by 39 aircraft   Orders 40 A330neo and 30 A350s    Last delivery of A380 scheduled for 2021   Following a review of its operations, and in light of developments in aircraft and engine technologies, Emirates is reducing its A380 orderbook from 162 to 123 aircraft.   Emirates will take delivery of 14 further A380s over the next two years. As a consequence and given the lack of order backlog…