Author: Wole Shadare

  As Dana Air marks the 8th anniversary of its commercial flight operations, the airline has reaffirmed its commitment to providing safe, reliable and customer–centric air transport services to its teeming guests. The airline has also flown over 4 million passengers in the last 8 years of its operations. According to the Accountable Manager of the airline Mr. Obi Mbanuzuo, in spite of the visible operational challenges in the industry, the airline has remained strong….

The United States and European aerospace giants are vying for a coveted spot in the fleet of Singapore Airlines. By the end of the year, the airline is expected to back one of the company’s designs, according to three people familiar with the campaign. There’s a “pretty fierce campaign for this” order from Singapore, said one of the people. At the moment, Boeing and Airbus planes exist largely as PowerPoint presentations that are being evaluated by engineers…

Despite the economic depression, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) said it is still firmly in control of market share in the aviation ground handling business. The Managing Director of NAHCO and Chief Executive Officer of NAHCO, Norbert Bielderman while briefing the media today said the firm has 80 per cent of domestic airlines in its fold and 90 per cent of international market comprising big international carriers. He said the two carriers that are…

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday further adjourned till December 2, the trial of the former Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Mr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam and six others charged for allegedly stealing N6.8m belonging to the agency. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on April 7 arraigned the former NAMA boss alongside one Agbolade Segun, Clara Aliche, and before Justice Babs Kuewumi.  Also arraigned for the alleged fraud…

Africa’s biggest airline by plane size and profitability, Ethiopian Airlines has concluded plans to increase flight frequency to Cape Town to 10 times weekly beginning from December 1st 2016. Speaking on the planned increase, the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Busera Awel said, “Serving Africa is our prior commitment as a Pan-African carrier, and increasing services to Cape Town, known for the Table Mountain is part of this commitment.” The airline stated that…

The withdrawal of flights to Accra, Ghana, by Nigerian airlines, has made air connectivity in West African sub-region cumbersome. Aero, Medview, Dana and Arik were once very dominant on the Lagos-Accra, Abuja- Accra route. They used Accra as a launching pad to connect cities such as Monrovia, Abidjan, Lome and Doualla, but since the stoppage of service, a feeder carrier to Ethiopian Airways, ASKY, has been having a field day on the west coast. Among…

A snake gave passengers on a commercial flight in Mexico quite the s-s-scare on Sunday. Video captured by Indalecio Medina shows the serpent slithering from the ceiling near an overhead luggage compartment before partially dropping into the cabin of the Aeroméxico flight. The scene garnered plenty of comparisons to the Hollywood thriller and action movie, “Snakes on a Plane,” starring Samuel L. Jackson. Medina told ABC News today that he “controlled the snake with a…

Former Director General of Nigerian Tourism Development Cooperation (NTDC), Segun Runsewe has backed the plans of Lagos state Governor Mr Akinwunmi Ambode to transform the presidential lodge in Lagos to a tourist hub but pleaded that a heritage and visitors tower would stand out the City of Excellence in the global tourism and livability ranking.   Runsewe speaking to journalists in Lagos on Monday, described the hand-over of the landmark Presidential lodge by President Buhari…

*Astatke bags award   Airbus Group and the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC), have named Dr. Yacob Astatke, from Morgan State University in the USA, as the recipient of the 2016 GEDC Airbus Diversity Award for his work in engineering education.   The award ceremony took place during the GEDC and World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) conference in Seoul, South Korea.   The award is designed to promote a more diverse engineering workforce globally. It recognises…