Author: Wole Shadare

A total of 32 airlines made up of scheduled and non-scheduled operators are currently listed as holding the all-important Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and are on the register of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) as at January 10, 2017 till date, Woleshadare.net has learnt. Airlines are categorised into scheduled and non-scheduled on the strength of the type of operations they carry out. A scheduled flight is a trip by airplane that has been planned…

*Ethiopian Airlines expected to land at aerodrome The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has declared the Kaduna International Airport, Kaduna, fit and ready for 24 hours local and international operations. It said all necessary steps to ensure that the status of the Airport as an alternate Airport to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, (NAIA), during the closure have been put in place. Spokesman for the agency, Sam Adurogboye stated that the navigational aids have…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has attributed the rapid demise of Nigerian airlines to lack of corporate governance, just as its strict regulation has forced the number of carriers to keep going down. Spokesman for NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, said most of them lack corporate governance because individuals own them, Besides, he said that if NCAA finds out that a particular airline does not demonstrate to NCAA that it has the financial muscle to operate,…

*Condemns false claims by unions   Landover Company Limited has condemned the picketing of its head office on yesterday by the labour union under the umbrella body of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN).   The management of the airline in a press statement explained that negotiations on the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) renewal between the Company and the Union were still ongoing at the Ministry of Labour when the Union…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose by 6.9 per cent in January 2017 compared to the year-earlier period.   While this was down from the 10 per cent annual growth recorded in December 2016 it still was well above the average annual growth rate of three per cent over the past five years. African carriers’ saw freight demand…

South African Airways has harped on the importance of its travel partners to explore multiple ways of generating revenue to increase their profit base. The carrier made the disclosure at a forum held at Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The aim of the forum was to enlighten and educate the travel partners on how to develop new marketing campaign strategies beyond their core service of ticket sales to its customers. SAA used the opportunity…

*Shut premises Landover Aviation company was today picketed by the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) yesterday over alleged anti-labour practices by the firm.  The union took over the premises of the firm as helicopter workers engaged by the company who came from Warri, Delta State also joined in the protest. They were protesting against non-remittance of taxes, anti-labour practices and unjust sack of their members by the management. The workers also…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has inaugurated its Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU). The eleven man committee which was sworn in on Thursday last week at an event in Lagos were charged to ensure the domestication of the key tenets of ICPC, which are transparency, accountability and good ethical practices at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.  The Authority’s director of Commercial and Business Development, Alhaji Sadiku Abdulkadir Rafindadi, who represented the MD/CEO at…

*FG to domesticate training course, cuts capital flight Nine Inspectors of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have qualified and duly certified as International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Instructors. A statement from NCAA, signed by its General Manager, Media, Sam Adurogboye said all the officers attained this  qualification after the successful completion of the ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Training Instructors Course (TIC). He stated that with this development, the Federal Government has saved huge capital flight…

*The gainers, the losers, questions over N174bn airport remodelling   The time is here. Airlines are putting preparations in top gear to relocate their activities to Kaduna airport as repair works are expected to begin at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday March 8, 2017. While many of the popular European airlines like British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France-KLM and others have indicated that they are not ready to operate to Kaduna because of…