Author: Wole Shadare

First it was Hollywood, then Bollywood and now Delta Air Lines is bringing Nollywood to the skies with Nigerian-made movies on board its flights.   The genre is being rolled out across Delta’s in-flight entertainment system Delta Studio and will be complete in April.    The first films to be shown will be Bambitiousand A Place Called Happy, with more titles coming later in the year.    The movies will be available on 339 aircraft flying both…

The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over Arik Air over huge indebtedness running into several billions of naira.   For some time now, the airline, which carries about 55 per cent of the load in the country, has been going through difficult times that are attributable to its bad corporate governance, erratic operational challenges, inability to pay staff salaries and heavy debt burden among other issues, which led to the call for authorities…

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s the largest and fastest growing African airline, proudly announces that it received its third Airbus A350 XWB on February 1st, 2017. The aircraft is named after Erta Ale, a large basaltic shield volcano located in the Afar Region of north-eastern Ethiopia. Group CEO Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam said, “As part of our continuous fleet modernization program, we have now phased in a third Airbus A350 XWB 900. Both the B-787 Dreamliner and the…

Security operatives stormed the headquarters of Arik at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.   While security operatives and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) visited the airline, aggrieved passengers of the airline also stormed the airline’s headquarters to demand for the refund of their air ticket fares.   The carrier has been in the news for the wrong reasons in the past six months. It has been embroiled in activities that have affected its…

For logistical reasons, British Airways said that the management of the airline based in London, after taking a far reaching decision would not operate to Kaduna Airport. The carrier attributed its decision to shun the airport to logistic problems. The mega carrier would now operate its Abuja flight to Lagos, making it twice daily flights to Lagos, but assured that it would immediately resume operations after the completion of work on the Abuja airport runway…

For Many Years, None Of The Country’s Airports Met The High Standard Of Certification. The Narrative Is About To Change As Abuja And Lagos Are Slated For The First Among The Aerodromes For Certification, WOLE SHADARE Writes   The rot in the nation’s aviation sector may have found deep expression in the assessed parlous infrastructural facilities be-deviling the gateways over the years, with succour now coming from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The 22…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recently came under intense scrutiny from the media and aviation stakeholders over what they perceived as big disconnect between the agency and the public. They wondered if the country truly has an aviation regulatory body because of seeming silence. There is an adage that says that if you don’t engage the public in what you are doing, it would mean that the person is not actually doing his work….

Nigeria can generate enormous resources if it harnesses its tourism potentials, President, National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Bankole Bernard has said. He spoke with Woleshadare.net at the side-line of the listing of Medview Airlines at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The NANTA boss noted that the country is blessed with many tourism potentials that can be a major revenue generation base for the economy apart from oil. Bankole however, regretted that unfortunately, these…

* Dana to provide key staff to the Nigeria operations   Meridiana Fly, Italy’s fastest growing airline has concluded plans to begin air services into the Nigerian and aviation market. The carrier has also reaffirmed its commitment to the Nigerian and Ghanaian markets by confirming both routes in their summer schedule for 2017.   Supported by Ghana’s first affiliated global aviation advisory firm -Dre Aviation and one of Nigeria’s leading airlines Dana Air, Meridiana Fly…

The total investment portfolio of a Brazilian Helicopter firm, Omni Helicopters International (OHI) into Nigeria’s aviation industry could rise to $40 million according to the promoters of the deal as the firm enters into a joint venture with Omni Blu Aviation Limited for the launch of Omni Helicopters Nigeria. Aside the initial investment of $20 million, which the Brazilian is putting into the venture, the deal could further gulp additional $20 million as the firm…