Author: Wole Shadare

Twenty Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASI) of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have successfully completed the NCAA/ICAO – Endorsed Government Safety Inspectors (GSI) Airworthiness Course.   The Government Safety Inspectors (GSI) Airworthiness course is to ensure airworthiness Inspectors develop additional proficiency in the processes and procedures of certificating an applicant for Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) and Air Operators Certificate (AOC).   The course covers the five phases of the certification process and the airworthiness Inspector’s…

Kechi Okwuchi, one of the two survivors of the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash, caught the attention of judges at the 2017 America’s Got Talent as she melt the hearts of the audience at the show.   Kechi   Sosoliso plane crash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi this week gave an emotional audition on season 12 of America’s Got Talent, DailyTrust reports. Before singing her version of Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking out Loud’ she narrated to the judges and audience how…

WTO: U.S. failed to comply with rulings illegal subsidies to Boeing Compliance panel report indicts firm, Airbus to lose plane sales of $ 15-20 bn Illegal subsidies over time, resulted in $100 billion in Airbus’total lost     The United States has failed to comply with WTO rulings in the more than decade-long ongoing transatlantic battle over commercial aircraft subsidies.    This was reported today by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Compliance Panel in the…

  The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has registered its satisfaction on the success with the compliance on Executive Order by agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos.   The agency said the physical check tables at the departure hall of the terminal is been removed, also the desks belonging to Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following the last screening by the FAAN’s Aviation Security.   Many…

Airline insists on manual screening of passengers In a bid not to be caught as flouting the country’s directive, American carrier, Delta Air Lines said it is working with the Nigerian and United States Governments to understanding the new Executive Order which is aimed at easing way of doing business in Nigeria. The carrier had on Tuesday insisted on manual screening of all its passengers, the airline has said that This is as Woleshadare.net learnt…

…Extends examination …uncovers another N25bn debt The delay by auditing firm, KPMG, to turn in its findings on how Nigeria’s flag carrier, Arik, was mismanaged, is slowing the revival of the once prosperous airline, Woleshadare.net has learnt. The delay in releasing its findings to government may also have informed why the latter did not reach a deal with Africa’s most successful airline, Ethiopian Airlines, on how to revive the carrier, which was taken over by…

Africa’s aviation is in doldrums. The sector is, however, not all gloom as experts chart path for its rescue. WOLE SHADARE writes The ills The challenges facing the African aviation industry range from state protectionism and lack of an enabling environment for new investors to high taxes and charges, which are above comparative world averages and a poor safety record due to ageing fleet and insufficient regulatory supervision. Likewise, a lot of air transport infrastructure…

Cautions cash-strapped govt. on privatization Wole Shadare The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has taken a swipe at Africa’s aviation investigative bodies for the shoddy jobs at investigating aircraft accidents, describing it as in-exhaustive. The Director-General of IATA, Alexandre de Junaic made the disclosure today at the IATA 73rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Cancun, Mexico. De Junaic however stated that in contrast to the progress made in Africa, “We have taken a step back…