Author: Wole Shadare

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo heads the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC). At the core of PEBEC’s mandate is improving the ease of doing business in Nigeria by proving to foreign investors that Nigeria is really a cool place to do business. However, two testimonies from celebrities and a couple of others from members of the public, should leave Osinbajo and PEBEC very worried and embarrassed. Nigerian actor, Aremu Afoloyan ranted on how he was asked…

 Al-Qahtani Aviation, owner of SaudiGulf Airlines, has signed an agreement to purchase ten A320neo family aircraft. The commitment was announced today at the Bahrain International Airshow, which runs untill the 16th November 2018.                                                                                                   SaudiGulf Airlines currently operate a fleet of six A320 aircraft from their hub in Dammam. The carrier commenced operations in 2016 serving domestic destinations across the Kingdom prior to expanding to international routes. In October 2018 the airline launched its second international destination…

Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) Plc said it has consistently recorded 4.43 per cent annual revenue growth since 2009 when the company was privatised. SAHCOL also said that its import warehouse could accommodate about three million tonnage of cargo monthly with six freezers and refrigerators at its warehouses. SAHCO also called on the Federal Government to intervene in the current handling charges imposed on foreign carriers in the country, saying that the ground handling companies…

.. Holds AGM Members of the National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE) have called for the training of its personnel in the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency NAMA to enable them get licensed. The President of the NAAE Engr Ishaya Dung while heralding the association’s Annual General Meeting said a large number of Air Traffic Engineers engineers in NAMA were yet to be licensed as a result of lack of training associated with paucity of…

Tel Aviv based ARKIA Israeli Airlines which is majority owned by Jordache Enterprises, has taken delivery of its first A321LR becoming the launch operator of the world’s most flexible and capable large single aisle aircraft ever.   The A321LR is the latest version of the best-selling A321 Family and allows operators the flexibility to fly Long Range (LR) operations of up to 4,000nm (7,400km) and to tap into new long haul markets, which were not previously accessible with…

Most of the airlines in Nigeria jostle and compete for the triangular market of Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt considered to be the money spinner for operators. But concentration on this route has eroded other routes’ development, WOLE SHADARE writes   The clincher The triangular route of Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt seems to be clincher for big Nigerian airlines. But his triangular market has also led to saturation of the popular route; thereby becoming a…

  …Financial institutions back national carrier project   Crisis is brewing in the aviation sector over alleged unjust delay of the release of workers condition of service for over seven years. Investigation by Woleshadarenews revealed that the continued delay in the release of aviation agencies’ condition of service has continued to affect the morale of workers, posing grievous harm to the spirit and law of bargaining. Investigation also showed that the Salaries and Wages Commission…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), says a total of 3.36 million passengers travelled through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja between January and September. FAAN disclosed this in its 2018 Passengers Traffic Statistics obtained by Woleshadarenews. The report showed that a total of 2.6 million people travelled locally (domestic) while 689,388 passengers were recorded on international wing during the period. It also showed that while 1.36 million passengers were recorded on domestic…

Dana Air on Saturday celebrated its 10th anniversary in Nigeria’s aviation industry with a strong commitment to continue to offer its guests the best of service hinged on safety and customer satisfaction. The Chief Operating Officer of Dana Air Mr Obi Mbanuzuo, while addressing newsmen in Lagos said, ‘despite all the challenges that airlines in Nigeria have to grapple with, Dana Air is proud to be celebrating 10 years of providing massive job opportunities, capacity development,…

Air Peace has blamed aviation politics for the delay in starting its flights to long-haul routes, including London, Guangzhou-China, Houston, Mumbai, Johannesburg, Dubai and Sharjah. Speaking at the 5th Aviation Stakeholders’ Forum organised by the Federal Ministry of Transport in Abuja on Thursday, Air Peace Chief Operating Officer, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olajide said authorities of most of the international destinations the carrier had been designated to operate to were either deliberately foot-dragging in processing its application…