Author: Wole Shadare

 Nigeria has attained another high level safety rating which places it amongst the world leaders in aviation safety.   Nigeria has climbed to stage three State Safety Programme (SSP) Implementation Process and has therefore joined  Nigeria has therefore joined countries like the United States of America, United Kingdom in aviation echelon rating across the globe.    This categorisation is dependent on the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), which tracks the SSP implementation process of member-states…

SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEE ON AVIATION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SECOND RUNWAY FOR ABUJA AIRPORT GROUP CAPTAIN JOHN O. OJIKUTU (Retired) 7TH APRIL, 2010. Runways are the most important airport facility coming almost ahead of the control tower and other known ones like the apron, navaids, terminal building, hanger etc. Without the terminal building or tower, aircraft can still land if there is a runway available particularly if on emergency. However, where there is no…

*Says planes have aids to land in zero visibility *NAMA defends self of wrong doing The last is yet to be heard about the altercation between airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) as some airline pilots said the airspace management agency should be held responsible for flight delays occasioned by inclement weather. The AON had taken a swipe on NAMA on Wednesday alleging…

  *Calms irate passengers, holds interactive session with customers    Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Medview today held an interactive session with some of its passengers whose checked-in luggage were to  arrive the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos from Gatwick Airport, London. Addressing the passengers at the airline’s headquarters at in Lagos, the Managing Director of the airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole attributed the recent crisis in arrival of passengers’ luggage to the closure of the…

Medview Airline today made good its promise by delivering left over baggage to the affected passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. In addition, the Management of the airline offered compensation to the affected passengers in form of travel coupons for their next travel plans. Medview Airline and passengers ordeal started on December 19, 2016 when Gatwick Airport closed the main runway for maintenance and asked the airline to use the shorter runway, and since…

Aviation security expert, Group Capt. John Ojikutu (rtd) has appealed to the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika to come to the aid of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) in the provision of acquisition of navigational tools to ensure airspace safety. Ojikutu in a letter to the Minister, said he was worried about the myriads of problems bedevilling the sector ranging from perceived aviation fuel, foreign exchange scarcity, airlines recurring debts, problem of…

Arik Air said it has chartered a B767-300ER aircraft from a European charter operator to minimize the disruption and inconvenience to booked passengers on its Lagos-New York JFK service as the airline airplane was dispatched to airlift stranded US, Johannesburg passengers.    The airline in a statement by its spokesman, Banji Ola said due to the damage to Arik Air’s A330-200 aircraft (registration 5N-JIC) by a ground handling company at JFK International Airport, New York,…

The lack of capacity by Nigerian insurance firms to provide cover for airlines, scarcity of foreign exchange and devaluation of the country’s currency, the naira, are threatening the operations of many carriers in the country. Managing Director, Medview Airlines, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, stated this while speaking with Woleshadare.net in Monrovia when the airline began air services to Accra, Freetown and Monrovia. The Nigerian market is grossly unable to effectively underwrite risks in aviation because of…

*Intl airlines divert to Cotonou over harmattan haze *Pay your debts, NAMA tells carriers A shocking revelation about the poor facilities at the nation’s airports was made by air airline operators. Nigerian airports’ communication and surveillance equipment, they alleged are less than the standard, airlines under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) said. The operators noted that the Murtala Muhammed Airport which is the nation’s biggest and busiest airport is a CAT l…