Author: Wole Shadare

 Airbus Helicopters, Inc. received a contract valued at approximately $273 million to deliver 35 additional UH-72A Lakotas for the United States Army. The $273 million contract includes the UH-72A production aircraft, associated technical and flight operator manuals and program management. This procurement is broken into two configurations: 17 UH-72A Lakotas for the Initial Entry Rotary Wing mission at Ft. Rucker and 18 UH-72A Lakotas for the Observer/Controller mission at the Army’s Combat Training Centers. “We…

Despite the successful scaling of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Category 1 audit by Nigeria, the country’s airlines are yet to maximise the benefits of the Open Skies agreement between her and the United States of America (USA). Nigeria scaled the hurdle of the audit of the safety status of the country’s civil aviation industry recently, making it to obtain, yet again, another Cat-1-Status. The retention of the Cat-1-Status is coming barely three…

To make the annual Nigeria Aviation Award (NIGAV) more relevant and entertaining, the organisers have added a new category that will determine who wins the Queen of The Air or King of The Air Awards in Nigeria. With this new category which is the first in aviation history all over the world, NIGAV Award will be looking at the member of the airlines’ crew who is smart, who can speak clearly, eloquently; who can make…

Cites space, departure experience, modern facilities for decision Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Arik Air  will from March 17, 2018 move all its Port Harcourt flights to Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2) Lagos. From that date, all daily flights to Port Harcourt International will cease to operate from the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) and will depart and arrive at MMA2. The airline in a statement said the decision to move all outbound and inbound Lagos-Port Harcourt flights…

      Denies fraud allegation against Odukoya     Why we instituted legal action against Bank     FirstNation has denied that its Managing Director, Mr. Kayode Odukoya took a personal loan from Skye Bank, adding his relevance is solely in his capacity as  the CEO of FirstNation.   The airline in a statement by Ademola Daniel and made available to our Woleshadare.net, the carrier vehemently denied the allegation of fraud and forgery against the airline…

World Class Services Offered For First Time To External Customers Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Etihad Aviation Training, part of Etihad Aviation Group, has relaunched its world-class aviation training organization with the aim of becoming one of the most comprehensive aviation training facilities in the world. Based at two locations in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, Etihad Aviation Training, previously known as Etihad Flight College, is a commercially-focused business open to external customers, while retaining…

Passenger recount ordeal, plane declared emergency   Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and the Ghanaian authorities have commenced investigation into a serious incident on Arik Air Flight W3304 which occurred on March 6, 2018.  The disclosure was made yesterday by Commissioner, AIB, Akin Olateru, an aircraft engineer in a statement made available to Woleshadarenews. He confirmed that the indeed occurred and classified it as ‘serious incident’ in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Annex…

 From Spring 2018, customers to choose ‘economy delight, ‘economy classic’ or ‘economy light’ Virgin Atlantic has announced the launch of three new ways to fly economy as part of a multimillion pound investment in the cabin for the 21st century traveller. Recognising that one size doesn’t fit all, from spring 2018 Virgin Atlantic will introduce ‘economy delight, ‘economy classic’ and ‘economy light’ tickets. The three new ways to fly will allow customers to choose the…

  Pilot has 30 years’ experience Dana Air said it welcomed recent audit ordered by the Federal Government, saying it was willing to work with the team and the FG to demonstrate its commitment not just to flying but to flying safe. Spokesman for Dana Air, Mr. Kingsley Ezenwa in a statement noted that the pilot of that flight is a happily married man and a proud father of three beautiful children.  He is said to have…