Author: Wole Shadare

Turkish Airlines has enhanced its in-flight entertainment system, featuring a completely redesigned and improved user interface that makes the offered entertainment content and information services even more enjoyable and easier to use. According to a press statement in Lagos the airline said the redesign is based on an extensive study conducted by professional usability and user experience laboratories to maximise user-friendliness. “With the latest technologies and developments incorporated into the design based on scientific studies,…

Helicopter service operators in Nigeria are already seeing a huge rise in clientele, as demand seems to outstrip supply. Wealthy Nigerians, whose private jets cannot land in Abuja during the six-week period when the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja would be shut down, are seeking help on how to make their journey from Kaduna to Abuja seamless. All flights to Abuja will terminate in Kaduna Airport pending the completion of works on the Abuja airport….

*Provides scheduled services to affluent clients Nigeria’s largest helicopter operator, Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) has diversified into fixed-wing operations. This is coming as the carrier plans to acquire two Embraer aircraft as soon as its niche market which comprises high end, affluent clients grows. The operations which commenced on December 5, 2016 provide more glamorous services to meet their needs. Bristow seems to have taken advantage of many commercial airlines that souped up their premium cabins…

L-R:Dana Air Captain, Mr. George Komander, Accountable Manager of Dana Air, Mr Obi Mbanuzuo, Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, Wife of the Governor, Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha and Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Acho Ihim during the launch of an airline partnership between Dana Air and the Imo State Government.      

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) has described as baseless and false reports that there is a prevailing disquiet in the agency regarding my assumption of duties of the newly appointed Director General (DG), Prof. Sani Abubakar Mashi as well as issues bordering on the promotion of Staff.   In a letter he personally signed and made available to WoleshadareNews, Mashi stated that in line with letter and spirit of the letter of his appointment and…

A 2016 British Airways survey of travellers has revealed that some Nigerians are more familiar with UK sports and history than some of their European counterparts. Disclosing this last week while releasing its travel plans for the year, the airline noted that sport, culture and history were certainly among the reasons to visit London, adding that about 4,000 travellers were randomly surveyed to arrive at the report. On the planned schedule, British Airways named its…

As the general consensus on arms bearing by aviation security personnel at Nigerian airports plays out, the relevant authorities have been advised to be cautious, considering the sensitivity of the decision, writes WOLE SHADARE Crime is a perpetual disease, a plague. Crime’s epidemic is growing and finding new venues with which to spread its havoc. More specifically, crime has mobilised itself in society’s most vital link, transportation. Transportation plays an important role in a community…

No going back on airport closure, says Amaechi   Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, said that one of the airlines operating at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has been grounded due to gear damage caused by bad runway. The minister said that the Federal Government was not going back on the closure of the Abuja airport for six weeks for repair works.   The gear of the Lufthansa aircraft got damaged as a result…

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has promised to support the Nigerian Air Force in the training of its critical manpower especially in the area of air traffic control.   The Managing Director of the agency, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu made this disclosure while receiving students and instructors of the Department of Air Warfare of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji at NAMA headquarters in Lagos.   He noted that the safety and security…