Author: Wole Shadare

While aircraft insurance premium has marginally reduced as a result of safety record, other factors have made it to be on the high side, which has made airline operations cumbersome. WOLE SHADARE writes Good safety record Nigeria and global aviation industry has continued to enjoy good record when it comes to accident; an indication that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has lived up to expectation despite many challenges confronting the regulatory body and the entire aviation…

The Jigawa State government has dismissed the notion that the establishment of the Dutse International airport is a wasteful venture, declaring that contrary to this, that the existence of the airport had brought development and helped in decongesting the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport during the annual hajj exercise which has also given Borno and Yobe States alternatives during the insurgency of Boko Haram.  Though at present, commercial flight operations into the airport is zero…

…puts total earnings at N605bn   The N505.2 billion of tickets reportedly sold by both foreign and domestic carriers for 2017 has been disputed by an aviation expert who insisted that the total tickets sold should not be less than N600 billion. Aviation consultant and former Commandant, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Group Capt. John Ojikutu (Rtd), described it as ‘another contradiction similar to the reports of 2014 and 2015.” “A stable forex regime, effective implementation…

The A330neo, Airbus’ newest wide-body aircraft, has embarked on a worldwide tour to demonstrate its readiness for airline operations.    As final step in the aircraft certification phase these function & reliability tests, also known as route proving will include ETOPS missions, landing at diversion airports and testing airport handling services.    After a fly past over Airbus’ European sites, the A330neo will head for 15 major airports worldwide over five continents, aiming at achieving 150 Flight Test Hours in…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), says about 3.4 million passengers travelled through Nigerian airports during the first quarter of 2018 as against the 2.6 million passengers recorded in 2017 first quarter. FAAN’s First Quarter Report obtained by our correspondent, showed a 28.25 per cent growth from the same quarter in 2017. The report indicated that 2.4 million passengers travelled within the country (domestic passengers), while a total of 950,292 passenger traveled out of…

Airlines sold N505.2 billion tickets in 2017 14.2% up (N82.7 billion) compared to N422.4 billion sold in 2016. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has concluded plan to review its regulations which would stipulate new conditions for start-up airlines. The new rule would nullify two aircraft airlines and widen the scope to include that new airlines must have more than two airplanes at entry level. This was disclosed by Director-General,  Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Muhtar…

Airbus has inaugurated the fourth Hamburg A320 Family production line. Making use of digital technologies and a more flexible industrial set-up, the innovative state-of-the-art line is a key enabler for ramping up the single aisle programme to 60 aircraft per month by mid-2019. Frank Horch, Hamburg’s Senator of Economy, Transport and Innovation and Thomas Jarzombek, Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy, witnessed the milestone together with Guillaume Faury, President Airbus Commercial Aircraft, and 500…

Wole Shadare It is difficult to believe that in the 21st century, with so much emphasis on gender equality in the workplace, women are so vastly under-represented in the aviation and aerospace sectors. While women are very visible in customer service and administrative roles, around two-thirds of ticketing and sales personnel are female. Behind the closed doors of the cockpits, the hangars and the boardrooms, it is a very different story. The number of women…