Author: Wole Shadare

Nigeria Air, wake up call for domestic airline President, Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives in Nigeria (AFARN), Mr. Kingsley Nwokoma said the biggest problem of Nigerian carrier is their inability to interline and codeshare. Nwokoma equally noted that Nigerian carriers should align with international standard in carrying out their operations. Codeshare is an airline partnership where one carrier markets service and places its code on another carrier’s flights. This offers carriers an opportunity to…

Aviation safety in Africa has received a boost as Accident and Investigation Bureau (AIB) hosts an Aviation Safety Symposium from the 24th -26th of July, 2018. This symposium holding at RaddisonBlu, Ikeja, Lagos is being facilitated by the National Transportation Safety Board(NTSB) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Skies for Africa (SSFA) program. It will focus on lessons learned and safety issues from NTSB accident/incident investigations. The NTSB has investigated over 146,000 accidents and…

One of Nigeria’s leading airlines Dana Air has clinched another award for being the most socially responsible airline at the 22nd League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) seminar and awards held recently in Lagos. The award presented to Dana Air was in recognition of the airline’s contribution to the fight against sickle cell anemia and cancer in Nigeria across the country since its inception in 2008. The LAAC seminar and awards brought together stakeholders, airline…

LAGOS, NIGERIA; JULY 18TH, 2018 – Celebrating the spirit of summer, Emirates Airline, introduces a unique offer for Nigerian families travelling from Lagos and Abuja to Dubai in Economy Class, for a limited period, by booking between July 19, 2018 and August 3, 2018. Under the theme ‘ Kids Fly for Free’, children under the age of 12 accompanied by two adults can travel for free and families who want to experience Dubai during the summer time…

Nigeria flag carrier airline, Medview has taken delivery of a B777-200ER ahead of commencement of 2018 hajj operations.   The carrier plans to deploy the aircraft on the lucrative Lagos-London route in the winter after the Hajj airlift which begins next week.   Speaking at the hajj terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, who led other officials including, the Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs…

Global aviation consultant and Chief Executive Officer, African Aviation Services Limited, Mr. Nick Fadugba has described most African airlines as small and weak, with a Fleet size of less than 10 aircraft, saying that they don’t benefit from economies of scale. He also stated that they have weak balance sheets and frequent management changes – which he noted adversely impacts on their long-term planning. Fadugba who delivered a paper, titled, “Key challenges facing African airlines”,…

Country rakes in $86.7bn FDI   Aviation contributed $1.3 billion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2016, Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, has said. This represented 0.02 per cent of Nigeria’s GDP and there are indications the 2017 figure would be much higher than the previous year’s figure given the fact that aviation posted very good earnings last year coupled with increase in passenger traffic and other…

  Govt. to own 5% equity in new firm Action not to kill domestic airline-Sirika The Federal Government yesterday made good its promise as it unveiled the name of new national carrier as Nigeria Air. The government equally unveiled logo of the carrier which is a wave-like ribbon depicting the nation’s flag, with Motto, “Bringing Nigeria Closer to the World”. The Minister of State of Aviation, Hadi Sirika at the unveiling of the name and…

 Uganda Airlines, the national carrier of Uganda, has signed a memorandum of understanding for two A330-800neo, the new version of the best-selling A330 widebody airliner, featuring new wings new Rolls-Royce’s latest-generation Trent 7000 engines, new systems and a new Airspace cabin interior.  The agreement was announced at Farnborough airshow by Ephraim Bagenda, CEO of Uganda Airlines and Eric Schulz, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer.  Uganda Airlines plans to use the A330-800neos to build its international long-haul network…