Author: Wole Shadare

*Aerodrome closes midnight of March 7, 2017   The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified all airline operators, passengers, airport users and the general public that the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the temporary closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to enable the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria carry out a major rehabilitation of the runway at the airport.   According to the Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, the closure,…

The unions in the aviation sector today kicked against Federal Government’s appointment of “an outsider” as the General Manager, Finance of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).   The labour groups maintained that the said position was for career civil servants. They made their position known during a peaceful protest at the FAAN headquarters at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.   The protest was organised by the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE),…

By Funke Osae-Brown   Towards the end of January this year, I got an invitation to be in South Africa on the 1st of March, 2017 to experience the new BMW 5 Series. It was an event I had looked forward to considering my love for fast cars and the kind of beat I cover as a journalist. As soon as I received the itinerary and other documents needed for my journey, I applied for…

 …Restates Commitment To Safety, Quality Services   No fewer than 266 passengers who missed their flight from Lagos to Istanbul on Monday due to temporary cabin’s air-conditioning malfunctioning had been successfully airlifted to Turkey on Tuesday night. In a telephone conversation from Turkey, a passenger who does not want his name in print confirmed that they landed safely in Turkey. Explaining what happened, a top official of the airline told Woleshadare.net at the airport said,…

The Federal Government has approved the appointment of two new directors for Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB).  The new directors are Hashimu Ilyasu Wali for Engineering and Capt. Dayyabu Mustapha Danraka for Operations. The appointments are with immediate effect. Before their appointments, Capt. Danraka was the Bureau’s General Manager, Operations, while E Wali was an Aviation Safety Inspector with Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The appointments follow the expiration of the tenures of former director of…

Ahead of the March 8, 2017 closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Internatinal Airport, Abuja and in a bid to ensure accuracy, reliability and efficiency of facilities at the Kaduna airport, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has rounded off the routine calibration of the Very High Omni-directional Radio Range/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) and the flight commissioning of the Instrument Landing System/Distance Measuring Equipment (ILS/DME).   The component parts of the facilities which include Two VOR…

The deportation of Nigerians from many countries of the world is assuming an alarming proportion as 97 Nigerians were  deported from South Africa for civil and criminal offences. Six of the deportees were returned into the country for drug offences; 10 were arrested and deported for criminal offences while others committed immigration offences in the Southern African country. The deportees comprising males and females arrived Murtala Muhammed International Airport at night on Monday with a…

A day after Air Peace B37 aircraft aborted flight as a result of two burtst tyres as it prepared for take-off, Medview Airlines  airplane carrying about 90 passengers  today aborted its Lagos –Abuja – Yola flight following the collapse of the cooling system of the aircraft while taxing to take off. It was learnt that the flight which was taxing to take off at about 9.30 am when the cooling system suddenly packed up ,…