Author: Wole Shadare

A major fire outbreak was today averted at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.   The fire incident, which occurred at about noon emanated from the avio-bridge E-54 at the terminal.   It took the timely intervention of the fire fighters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, for the fire and the smoke, which envelope the entire environment to be put off.   The reason for the fire incident remained unknown as…

  *Appeals to ATC to accommodate all.   The management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is to commence the training of 379 staff at the Administrate Staff College of Nigeria ASCON Badagry in November. The acting managing director of NAMA, Emmanuel Anasi who disclosed this in Jos Plateau state during the 45th Annual General Meeting of Air Traffic Controllers said, the agency has also concluded plans to apply N20m em-block for the National Health…

*Union petitions FG, alleges tampering of retrenchment list   Two weeks after the Federal Government carried out major pruning of workforce in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) leading to the demotion of its top managers; the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is set to be hit with similar exercise. The Federal Government is said to be worried about the over bloating of the agency in view of the dwindling revenue and what it…

 National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Mr. Bankole Bernard has commended the National assembly, particularly the House Representatives Committee on Aviation for the public hearing on aviation, adding that the gesture has vindicated NANTA strident advocacy  to arrest the rot in the industry. Bernard  who  recently led the executive  members  of NANTA  to the National Assembly  to draw attention of the Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Lasun to the dangerous under hand deals, poor airports infrastructure…

The newly elected President, Africa region of the Airports Council International (ACI), Saleh Dunoma has said that the council is in collaboration with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on how to improve air services on the continent.   He also unfolded plans to work with governments in Africa on how to develop aviation by speaking with them through Africa Union (AU) and the Economic…

Africa is described as the last frontier for aircraft giants, Boeing and Airbus, as the duo penetrate the continent’s aviation market, which provides a win-win situation for stakeholders. WOLE SHADARE writes Seeking strong presence in Africa Aerospace giants, Boeing and Airbus, are looking to expand their presence in Africa, through a range of activities including biofuels, training and manufacturing among others. Just last week, Airbus indicated plans to open an operational office in Nigeria. The…

Airbus has successfully flight-tested on an A330 development aircraft its new standard High-Bandwidth Connectivity (HBC) on-board architecture.    This is the industry’s first such platform to be flight demonstrated that will soon allow airline customers to choose from the range of new high-throughput satellite technologies such as Ka-Band, SwiftBroadband (L-Band) and Ku-Band, and be able to do so independently from airlines’ choices of IFE supplier (ie. Zodiac Inflight Innovations (Zii), Panasonic, Thales, and Rockwell Collins). …