Author: Wole Shadare

The Director of Safety Electronics and Engineering Services in the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Ahmed Umar Farouk at the weekend made the list of 32 eminent Nigerians inducted into the prestigious Fellowship of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).  The event which took place at the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) Conference Centre, Abuja was part of activities marking the 60th anniversary of the society.  Speaking at the induction ceremony, the President of the Nigerian…

Lagos, Abuja airports may not be affected The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned pilots and airline operators to observe safety precautions in line with Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs) during flight operations in adverse weather conditions. This warning was contained in an Advisory Circular with reference no. AC: NCAA-AEROMET- 26: to all pilots and airline operators signed by the Director General of the Authority, Capt Muhtar Usman. This warning is coming amid acquisition…

    Nigeria Ranks 5th Overall in Global Survey of 25 Countries   Travellers Embrace a Total Digital Travel Experience   Nigerian travellers are forward-thinking and ready to embrace new technologies more readily than their counterparts from Europe and other parts of the world. This was a major finding of the 2018 Global Digital Traveller Research, an independent global travel study conducted by Travelport, the world’s leading global commerce platform. The 2018 survey, which covered 16,200 respondents…

By Eugene Onyeabo Aligbe The Aviation industry is one of the highly regulated sectors in the world. The same rules and regulations by International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, apply to all airline companies in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa to Middle East.  The rules and regulations border on Safety, technical, manpower development and consumer protection. Here in Nigeria, NCAA is saddled with the responsibility to domesticate the strict aviation regulations as stipulated by the world aviation…

Airbus has reached an agreement with easyJet that extends the airline’s fleet plans into 2023, exercising purchase rights to firm orders for 17 A320neo. This takes its combined order for the NEO to 147 (including 30 A321neo) and means easyJet has ordered 468 A320 Family aircraft  to date.   “This repeat order cements  easyJet’s  position as the largest European operator  of our leading A320 family,” says Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer. “We are delighted…

Taking a flight between cities in different African countries is often expensive and circuitous. WOLE SHADARE highlights the impediments to travel and tourism in the continent   Bitter-sweet Although, no Visas are required today for West African citizens to travel from one country to another, major travel impediments remain. Air transport in particular, and transport infrastructure generally, remain, to date, the biggest challenges for travel and tourism development in Africa in general and for West Africa, in particular. Fortunately,…

   Sector’s input to GDP rises to 0.6% Adhering to aviation roadmap would help to resolve many of the problems confronting Nigeria’s aviation industry, Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said. He said this in a paper made available to Woleshadarenews in Lagos. Specifically, he said on assumption of duty in November, 2015 an appraisal of the sector was undertaken with many challenges identified. He listed the challenges as inadequate safety, security and surveillance equipment,…

Passengers are to pay more in Passenger Service Charges (PSC) if the proposed increment receives the nod of Federal Government. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had proposed increment for the PSC and supported three aviation unions in the country. FAAN has proposed an upward review of the current PSC which was last done eight years ago. The new PSC regime is expected to take effect from January 2019. The general secretary of National…