Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Regional operations: Ministerial committee on airport security backs MMA2

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The Ministerial Committee on Airport Security has affirmed its support for the commencement of regional operations at the Murtala Muhaammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos, which is being operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited. The Air Commodore H. Tukur-led committee, which was set up by the Federal Government to assess the security situation in all Nigerian airports, also expressed satisfaction with the level of security at the terminal. The committee, which visited MMA2, last Thursday,…

Bad policy formulation, bane of Nigerian carriers, says Ore

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The continuous signing of Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASAs), by the Federal Government with several foreign countries among several other unfavourable policies would continue to hamper growth of the airline sub-sector in the country. Also, the lack of sufficiently trained and type-rated technical personnel in the nation’s aviation industry would incessantly give rooms for expatriates to take over the jobs of local people. These were the views of the immediate past President, Aviation Round Table,…

Medview Airlines offers commission to travel agents

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Wole Shadare

*Meet trade partners in Accra *To begin Dubai route in July Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Medview Airline has re-introduced tickets sales commission to travel agents who sell its ticket on its entire routes network. The disclosure was made by a top official of the airline, Capt. Godffrey Ogbogu, who represented the Managing Director, Alhaji Muneer Bankole when the airline met with its trade partners at the Nigeria High Commission in Accra, Ghana which culminated in the…

Nahco bags awards, gets chairman for subsidiary

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria’s leading ground handling company, the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, (nahco aviance) has again confirmed its leadership position in the industry by emerging the overall winner in the Public /Technology/Healthcare/Transportation & Aviation Industry category of the 2015/2016 edition of the Nigerian Risk Awards. The award is a testimony to the Company’s spirit of resilience and hard work. Having emerged the runner-up in the last edition, it took creative efforts on the part of the Company to…

Perishable items :Cargo expert wants landing costs removed

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Wole Shadare

…… Seeks halt in double taxation The federal government has been called upon to remove landing costs for carriers of perishable items in order to encourage exports in the country. The chief executive officer of FMC aviation services limited, Mr. Herbert Odika who made this call while speaking with woleshadare.net also called for a halt in double taxation by aviation agencies in the country. “For perishable items, if the government can give concession in terms…

Workers want sleaze probe in NCAA, FAAN, others

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Aviation workers under the aegis of National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to extend its corruption search to other aviation agencies like the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET). Secretary General of NUATE, Olayinka Abioye described the recent sleaze revelation in NAMA, as a shame to the Nigerian aviation industry. Speaking to reporters …

Ethiopian Airlines marks 70 years of operations

Posted on April 12, 2016April 12, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Africa’s most profitable airline, Ethiopian Airlines is celebrating 70 years of dedicated and highly successful air transport services to, from and within the continent of Africa. With its strong mission of bringing Africa together and closer to the world, Ethiopian has expanded much needed air connectivity within Africa and with the rest of the world in the last 70 years. Leading the way in the past, present and the future; Ethiopian has been an aviation…

Air travel still safest form of travel

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Travelling by road or sea is far more risky than travelling by air, WOLE SHADARE writes Risky venture It’s true that flying is not without risk: flying several hundred people tens of thousands of feet above the earth at close to the speed of sound in an environment subject to turbulence and low temperatures (-55°C) in a pressurised aluminium tube packed with fuel and potential ignition sources simply cannot be without risk. Fortunately, thanks…

Airspace managers pledge to sustain air safety

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Airspace managers across the nation’s airports under the aegis of Airspace Managers’ Forum have thrown their support behind the current management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), in its effort to sustain the gains of air safety in the country. Speaking at this year’s first quarter Airspace Manager’s Forum which held in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, the chairman of the forum, Mr Gabriel Akpen commended the new management for making sure that navigational infrastructure…

COURT GRANTS BAIL TO NAMA MD, OTHERS.

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Wole Shadare

*CASE ADJOURNED TO APRIL 26 Justice Babs Kuewumi of the Federal High Lagos today granted N20m bail to each of the officials of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) accused of N6.9billion fraud. The Managing director of NAMA; Ibrahim Abdulsalam, director of Finance, Clara Aliche, Acting General Manager, Procurement Muyiwa Adegorite, his wife, Joy, General Manager Finance, Segun Agbolade were led into Court six at about 11.45am where prosecuting and defence counsels argue their cases…

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