Author: Wole Shadare

The state of Nigerian aviation under President Muhammadu Buhari in the past one year could best be described mixed, writes WOLE SHADARE The aviation industry, in the past one year under the administration of President Buhari, started slowly. Expectations were high, going by the fact that the new administrators were expected to give the sector a positive direction, compared to what happened previously. The appointment of Rotimi Amaechi and Hadi Sirika as minister of transportation…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Africa is set to be one of the fastest-growing aviation regions over the next 20 years, with annual expansion averaging nearly five per cent.   This, it said opens up incredible economic opportunities for the continents 54 nations.   Caption: From left: Regional Vice-President (Africa and Middle- East, IATA, Hussein Dabbas; Deputy Regional Director, ICAO Gaoussou Konate; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation,  Alhaji Sabiu Zakari; Secretary-General of African…

*Seek waiver execution Ministry of Aviation is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ministry of Budget and National Planning and Ministry of Finance to include airlines in priority list of foreign exchange allocation, Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika has said   The Minister stated this in a paper he presented at the stakeholders’ meeting he held with airline operators, aviation agencies and experts in the sector where he unfolded plans to tackle…

The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja runway, which was constructed 34 years ago, has outlived its lifespan by over 14 years,woleshadare.net has learnt. A former Director of Airport Operation of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), who spoke under the condition of anonymity, disclosed this to our correspondent. The source stated that the Abuja airport runway and many others were built over 30 years ago, stressing that Abuja facility was built in 1982.  He…

Nigerian airspace safe, says NAMA The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has assured stakeholders that the nation’s airspace remains one of the safest on the continent of Africa for air navigation. Speaking while declaring open the demonstration of Aircraft e-Clearance User Acceptance Test Module to National Air Defence Corp, Security Agencies and other stakeholders in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the Ag. Managing Director of NAMA,  Emma Anasi noted that the agency in the recent past…

*IATA, report rank Africa as highest in airport taxes *FAAN rakes $34 m annually from airport taxes      The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today ranked Nigeria and Venezuela as two countries with highest number of airlines’ funds trapped in their countries. This is coming at a time the clearing house for global airlines is engaging the Federal Government at all levels to ensure that issues with trapped funds are resolved. The group at…

The Airbus A320, the model of the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday, is one of the most common planes in service around the world today. Some key facts about it: —Similar to the Boeing 737, the single-aisle, twin-engine jet is used to connect cities that are between one and five hours apart. —The A320 is generally considered one of the safest passenger planes in service. Airbus says it has had 11…