Author: Wole Shadare

  Last Saturday Nigerians were relieved to learn that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was not harmed when his helicopter crash landed at the Kabbah Township Stadium in Kogi State. The chopper, chartered from Carverton Helicopters, was conveying the Vice President and 11 others to Kogi for a campaign rally when it toppled over on its side while attempting to land – an incident, described by the chopper owners, as being caused by “unusual weather conditions”….

Emirates is celebrating the season of love with its Nigerian customers on board and across its lounges worldwide this Valentine’s Day. The celebrations will kick off in Emirates’ network of lounges, and climax on-board with a refreshed Valentine’s Day offering to create a memorable travel experience for customers. Nigerian Travellers who coincidentally are in Dubai on Valentine’s Day and planning to fly by Emirates will be hosted to a treat at the Emirates First and…

Members of the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) have returned 11 executive officers unopposed back to their various positions which they have been holding prior to the conference. The delegates’ conference, where about 88 ANAP delegates reconvened to elect their new executive members who would pilot the affairs of the union for the next 4 years, is the first since the union was registered in 16th September, 2016. However, the returning of all the officers…

It was carnival-like at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos as ex-workers of Nigeria Airways Limited staged a mega rally to support the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Feb. 16 Presidential Election. Present at the rally were Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika who was represented by the Managing Director of Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Captain. Fola Akinkuotu. Mohammed extolled Buhari for doing…

The Minister of Labour and Employment,  Chris Ngige has advised trade unions in the country to emulate the good conduct of the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) since the group was registered 3 years ago..  Ngige who gave the commendation in his goodwill message yesterday at the first National Delegates of ANAP which held in Ota Ogun State,said the pioneer executive of ANAP have done unionism proud. According to Ngige, their zeal and unfliching…

Africa and Latin America carriers experienced a decrease in year-on-year in freight demand for December, 2018 according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This is contained in IATA full-year 2018 data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) grew by 3.5 per cent compared to 2017. This was significantly lower than the extraordinary 9.7 per cent growth recorded in 2017. While African carriers’ saw freight demand decrease by…

  Airbus has announced a global partnership with Air Race E, the world’s first electric airplane race set to launch its inaugural series in 2020.  Airbus is the Official Founding Partner of Air Race E. The competition aims to drive the development and adoption of cleaner, faster, and more technologically advanced electric engines that can be applied to urban air mobility vehicles and, eventually, commercial aircraft. Air Race E will follow a format similar to the…

  Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading carrier is availing customers the opportunity of celebrating this year’s Valentine with their loved ones by launching a special promotion where guests can save up to 50% on companion tickets. To enjoy this promotion, a couple needs to buy one economy class ticket and get 50% discount on the second ticket. This promotional ticket is available across all Arik Air network. The Valentine promotion is available for sale from February…

 Appreciative by the payment of their severance pay and pension by the Federal Government, Nigeria Airways Ex-workers/Pensioners have endorsed the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.   In a statement by their representatives, Lookman Animashaun an aircraft engineer and Mr. Sam Nzene, the Ex-workers and Pensioners who said they would roll out the drums at a mega rally in Lagos slated for Friday, February 8, 2019 to declare their support for PMB in the presidential election, which is nine…

As the Nigerian aviation sector, especially the Lagos end, recently went through an assessment by the United States Transportation Safety Administration, WOLE SHADARE writes that the test is needed to appraise the nation’s aviation and airports security apparatus Poor reputation Air transportation is the movement of passengers and cargo by aircraft and helicopters. An efficient air transport contributes to economic growth and development. However in Nigeria, it suffers from poor reputation for operational efficiency and…