Author: Wole Shadare

The recent intervention by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has raised the hope of an early resolution of the controversial issues surrounding the first successful, privately-funded Design, Build, Operate and Transfer (DBOT) airport terminal in Nigeria, the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, popularly called MMA2, operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), a member of the Resort Group.    The intervention, led by the Acting Director-General of ICRC, Mr. Chidi Izuwah, brought the managements…

FG may terminate re-modelling contract for domestic terminal  The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the New Port-Harcourt Airport International Terminal would be completed in July. Sirika also disclosed that the Federal Government may legally terminate the contract for the remodelling of the domestic terminal of the airport due to the slow pace of construction by the contractor.  Sirika made this known during a working visit to the airport to inspect ongoing projects…

Nigeria, 23 others commit to single air transport market The committee set up by the Federal Government to look at reforms in the aviation industry as regards multiple taxes charged airlines have concluded its reports. A hint into that was revealed yesterday by the Director, Air Transport Regulations, Grp. Capt. Edem Oyo-Ita (Rtd) at the sensitisation workshop on the commencement of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) to stakeholders in the Nigerian aviation sector…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has attributed the drop in passenger traffic in 2017 compared with 2016 to some of the problems associated with Arik, which necessitated the take-over of the carrier by the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON). The crises associated with the take-over after the carrier was enmeshed in heavy debts scandal led to cutting of all its international routes just as it also cut its domestic operations by almost 50…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has urged the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) to correct what it described as “the anomalies” associated with the Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement between Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA 2) and the Authority. This call was made following a mediatory visit by Mr. Chidi Iwuzah, the Acting Director General of ICRC to both parties recently to iron out grey…

  The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has commended the management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), a member of the Resort Group, for the effective way it has operated the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) in the last 10 years despite all the challenges surrounding the concession of the terminal. The Acting Director-General of ICRC, Mr. Chidi Iwuzah, during a monitoring visit to MMA2 yesterday, further praised BASL “for the efforts made so…

FG approves upgrade of accident investigation laboratories The Federal Government has approved the upgrade of the obsolete material science and flight safety laboratories which would help the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) to investigate accidents in record time. Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Akin Olateru told Woleshadare.net at the weekend at a training course put together by the agency on accident investigation report writing held in Lagos. Although Olateru declined to give how much it would cost to…

Senior Etihad Airways executive, Andrew Fisher, intends to embark on a journey of a lifetime when he attempts to on  January 21, 2018 break the world record by flying around the globe in the shortest time frame on scheduled flights, and with the fewest number of sectors. Fisher, who works as the airline’s Vice President Fleet Planning, hopes to shave three hours off the current record of over 55 hours by completing the journey in only…