Author: Wole Shadare

A new Chairman has been appointed by the Board of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance).  He is Usman Arabi Bello. Bello effectively takes over from the Vice Chairman, Dennis Hasdenteufel who had been acting in that position since October last year. In a statement by the Company, Bello emerged Chairman of the foremost Aviation handling Company after a meeting of the board which held on January 12, 2016. The statement pointed out…

Turkish Airlines had denied that its aircraft was involved in an accident.   Earlier today, a cargo flight with TC-MCL registration number, operated by ACT Airlines, departed from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Bishkek Manas International Airport (FRU) had an accident near Bishkek at around 01:40 UTC. It was stated in a released by the Turkish Airlines that neither the aircraft nor the crew are members of Turkish Airlines. The management of the airline…

Golden Tulip Hotel, Apapa has reacted to reports that it ejected stranded Turkish Airline passengers out of the hotel, saying the hotel, rather than eject them, ‘took great care of them during the time of their say in the hotel.” A statement signed by the Rooms Division Manager of Golden Tulip, Mr. Paul Okojie, said the hotel did not eject its Turkish Airlines’ passengers  and had no reason to do so for “one of its…

With 307 delays out of 438 flights, 190 missing/delayed baggage, Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Arik, topped the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)’s summary of complaints received against international and domestic airlines for the months of October and November 2016. The airline also received the highest number of complaints of discourtesy. In a report made available to Woleshadare.net, Arik, however, recorded 408 flights, 16,335 total number of inbound passengers and 16,393 number of outbound passengers during…

Newly appointed NAMA MD, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu (left), receives handover note from outgoing Ag. MD, Emma Anasi at the agency headquarters in Lagos, recently.  

The Chief Executive Officer of Eden & Mcwhit Aviation Security, Dr. Naima Fraser, has advised the Federal Government to upgrade Nigerian airports in order to be compliant with the ICAO and IATA’s regulations for aviation security.   This, according to her, is necessary in view of increasing global terrorism and to achieve a global airport security status.   The aviation security expert, in a statement on Sunday, commended the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi…

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Arik said it sent out on January 10, 2017  communication to passengers booked on its Friday, January 13, 2017 Lagos-New York flight that the flight had been rescheduled to operate on Saturday, January 14 at 4:00 pm. It said the rescheduling was necessitated by  the uncertainty of  getting aviation fuel to operate the flight because of the warning strike called by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)…

Facility expired 14 years ago –Minister   It was long overdue. The Abuja airport runway was constructed in 1982. It was designed to last for only 20 years. In fact, the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) actually expired 14 years ago, making it very unsafe for aircraft. On many occasions, aircraft had encountered serious incidents on the sole facility, posing serious danger to lives and equipment. Every attempt to rehabilitate the existing…