Author: Wole Shadare

As the number of flights rise, more needs to be done to maintain Nigeria’s excellent aviation safety record. WOLE SHADARE writes on how good safety regulations will keep the nation’s airspace safer Improved safety record Although Nigeria has an excellent safety record, it could be improved, especially considering the rapid increase in flights. Over the last four years, flights have increased, a trend facilitated in part by the establishment of the internal market for air…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that it would continue to ensure training and retraining of personnel in the country’s aviation industry. This is as Capt. Muhammed Abdulsalami, the Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria called for accurate reporting of the sector by journalists covering the beat. Speaking on Monday at NCAT, Zaria during the flag-off ceremony of 2019 League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) jointly sponsored by…

 The Ministry of Defence of Ivory Coast has signed a firm order for one C295 medium transport aircraft.  The aircraft, in transport configuration, will enhance the capabilities of the Ivory Coast Air Force with its proven record of excellent performance in hot and harsh conditions, and affordable maintenance and operational costs.  Bernhard Brenner, Airbus Defence and Space Head of Marketing & Sales, said: “The C295 has proven its outstanding capabilities in the exceptionally harsh sub-Saharan…

Despite low accident rate recorded in 2018, accident rates in four out of eight International Air Transport Association (IATA) regions increased compared to 2017, according to IATA Safety and Flight Operations Update. Africa-Indian Ocean Region (AFI) and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) remained significantly above the global average. Operators of CIS and in the Latin America and the Caribbean region had the highest regional accident rates in 2018. They also had the greatest increases compared…

    West Africa’s foremost ground handling company, the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc. (nahco aviance), will partner the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) on human capacity development, the Company said yesterday. Speaking with a delegation of the Ikeja District of the Institute who paid her a courtesy visit at the Ikeja Head Office of the Company, the Group Managing Director, Mrs. Olatokunbo Fagbemi, said the Group will partner with ICAN in organising…

    Court summons  Muhtar, Dunuma   A judge of Federal High Court, Justice Muslim Hassan has summoned the Director General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Captain Mukthar Usam and the Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN), Saleh Dunoma for their failure to appear in court over contempt charge for tampering with two Bombardier aircraft belonging to Topbrass Aviation.   They are to appear in court at the next adjourned date…

NAMA set to review contentious workers welfare Economic activities in the ancient city of Benin, the Edo State capital have received a boost following the commissioning of Category II Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the Benin airport recently installed by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). Making this disclosure at a town hall meeting with staff at the agency’s headquarters annex in Ikeja Lagos, the Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu said this was…

  ●African carriers experienced 5.7% rise in demand   Nigerian airlines that are members of International Air Transport Association (IATA) are expected to key into a new payment platform that has been successfully completed by the global airlines clearing house. The test was the first “IATA Pay” ticket purchase transaction in a live test environment. The transaction was conducted in partnership with ipagoo, a UK-based fintech company. IATA is a trade association of world’s airlines…

The Federal Government has been urged to remain focused at stimulating private sector-driven aviation sector in 2019. It was also charged to ensure that the airport concessioning project came to fruition, as the project appears to be in statement only in the last four years. President, Aviation Round Table (ART), Gabriel Olowo, told Woleshadarenews  at the weekend that although efforts of government to grow the sector in the past years were remarkable, they were, however, not enough,…