Author: Wole Shadare

Africa’s most profitable airline, Ethiopian Airlines has concluded plans to add Antananarivo, Madagascar to its network as of 28 March 2017.   Madagascar is expected to join the ever expanding Ethiopian network of 95 worldwide destinations. Antananarivo is the capital and the largest city of Madagascar. The island nation is known as a “biodiversity hot-spot” as over 90 per cent of its wildlife is found nowhere else on earth. Madagascar is home to lush rainforests…

By CAPT DELE ORE Speaking during a media briefing in Lagos, on Monday, November 9, I stressed the need for a stronger leadership in Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and that the industry needs very strong regulatory authority, which is lacking in the current Director General, Captain Murtar Usman who was spared in the latest sack of the aviation agencies heads. I observed that If there are better alternatives and the CEOs are not performing,…

Rising from its 2016 Annual General Meeting and Elections held on January 11, 2017 at its Secretariat in Lagos, the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has announced that it now has a new Executive Council in place to pilot the activities of the association for the next two years.   Capt. Nogie Meggison, the Chief Executive Officer of Jedidiah Air Limited (JedAir) once again emerged as Chairman for a second term in office having served…

Akin Olateru is the new Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). He is a multitalented, resourceful Aviation industry professional with vast Airline and Business Aviation management expertise.   His industry experience and pedigree acquired in more than 27 years’ versatile work exposure,crisscrosses the Aviation Industry in the UK, Europe and Nigeria:at hands-on operational, management and top executive levels.   Akin is passionate, “breaths and dreams aviation and aviation safety” and has strategically grown his career pathway…

The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has expressed her satisfaction with the state of the arrival hall of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos, commending Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for a job well done.  Ahmed made the remark  at the airport in Lagos during her one-day tour of the airport facilities. According to the  Minister, there has been an upgrade that shows an improvement in passengers’ experience,…

* Hotel re-admits travellers amid protest    Turkish Airlines passengers were a pathetic sight to behold as many of them turned to beggars and wept over the inhuman treatment given to them by the airline. Meanwhile, Golden Tulip Festac Hotel, Lagos has accepted back scores of passengers that were supposed to have departed out of Lagos since Saturday last week after protest from the irate travellers which almost led to the breakdown of law and…

  Aviation is global. What affects one country affects the other. The Florida shooting has exposed the loopholes in airport security, writes WOLE SHADARE In every aviation arrangement, the baggage reclaim area is considered a vulnerable spot in airport security. The bunched up passengers serve as easy targets as they stand around the carousels to claim their luggage. It is the place where all the holes are because those areas lack the robust security available…

*Travellers plans class suits against carriers, NCAA keeps mum *Crisis averted at airport     Crisis was averted at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos when 410 passengers of Turkish Airlines stormed the counters of the airline. The quick intervention of security operatives prevented irate travellers from taking the law into their hands.   The passengers’ frustration came to a head when the hotel where they were kept since Saturday evicted them from the facility. Following…

Aviation expert and former Director of Flight Operations of defunct Nigeria Airways, Capt. Dele Ore said the regulatory function of the Nigerian Civil Aviation has been weakened over time, saying the system is creeping below minimum requirement in safety oversight.   In a state of the aviation industry briefing in Lagos, the veteran aircraft pilot said it was high time the Federal Government caused the removal of chief executive officers of some of the aviation…