Author: Wole Shadare

Recent statistics about prevalence of HIV/AIDS has shown that the Transportation sector is one of the vulnerable sectors. Therefore, in the fight against the virus the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has classified the aviation sector as one of the social intervention sector. This is due to its mandate in policy formulation, oversight of large number of both public and private workforce and other allied businesses. The World Bank and NACA ranked…

Acting Managing Director of Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), Mr. Basil Agboarumi has decried ground handling rates charged by aviation ground handling firms. He called on the Federal government to initiate policies that will improve ground handling business in Nigeria. Agboarumi who spoke at an interactive forum with aviation journalists at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos called on the Federal Government through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to intervene in the price war…

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Ahmed Kuru has described as shame and hinted that Nigeria has remained where it is today because of some bad decisions of the past, which he said has denied Nigeria the desired economic growth. He however expressed optimism that Nigeria as a nation with enormous human and natural resources can still make haste and progress from being a third world country to a 2nd and even 1st world…

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it will take delivery on 5 June 2018 of its 100th aircraft, a Boeing 787-900, the 1st for an African airline to operate 100 aircraft fleet in the history of the continent, thus maintaining its pioneering aviation technology leadership role and ascertaining its leadership position in all aspects of Aviation Services in the continent. On the planned…

Medview Airline sent forte Lookman Olanrewaju Animashaun, an aircraft engineer at a brief ceremony at its corporate office in Lagos.  Animashaun served the airline in various capacities as Head of Engineering, Executive Director (Technical), Chief Operating Officer/Accountable Manager and Head, Special Projects before he took a bow two weeks ago.  The ceremony was attended by the airline Chief Executive Officer, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, the Chief Operating Officer Officer, Michael Ajigbotosho, Head, Flight Operations, Captain Mohammed…

Since 1998, it has been more of rhetoric than actualisation of yet-to-be-completed Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) automation. WOLE SHADARE writes that the project may end up as another white elephant project Time factor Today, we live in a world in constant motion where time and information are becoming more precious. No one wants to lose a minute at doing nothing. It is by integrating this reality that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is developing daily, the…