Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

States spend N150bn on ‘unviable’ airport projects

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Wole Shadare

By the time airports in Bayelsa, Ekiti, Abia, Osun and Ogun states are completed; some states would have invested over N150 billion on aerodromes that may not significantly improve their economies. Some of them that have been inaugurated are currently unviable as they witness little traffic. The Federal Government had disclosed plans to construct five domestic airports in the capital cities of Bayelsa, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa and Ogun states. Virtually all the airports, including the…

High interest rate killing aviation –Experts

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Wole Shadare

High interest rates and difficulty in accessing loans from commercial banks have been identified as some of the problems contributing to the near comatose state of the aviation industry. Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Limited, Bismarck Rewane, said this in the October 2015 monthly report made available to New Telegraph. Aviation analysts had advised that the Federal Government should offer low interest rates on loans given to airlines to keep them afloat, adding that some governments…

SAA to begin direct flight to Abuja

Posted on March 4, 2016March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

*Strengthens West African network South African Airways (SAA), the leading carrier in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, has introduced a second entry point to Nigeria in its quest to enable trade and unlock mobility, which will considerably add to business travel options in the West African region. Adding a second gateway in Nigeria to SAA’s existing daily service to Lagos materially strengthens SAA’s position in West Africa where it plays a significant role in enabling the…

Angst over NCAA’s N150m boardroom refurbishment

Posted on March 4, 2016March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Angst over NCAA’s N150m boardroom refurbishment Purchases 150 units of office chairs at N10m In a bid to come out of its financial crisis, The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has put in place system to block leakages at the agency. The aviation regulatory body had been in financial crisis leading to its inability to train workers and send inspectors to oversight aircraft. In the last three years until now, the NCAA had struggled to…

Low-cost carriers confront Africa’s airlines

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Before Fastjet launched low-cost flights between Harare and Dar es Salaam last year, Zimbabwean businessman Jonathan Jabangwe had to brave a three day bus journey to meet his clients in Tanzania. Fastjet is among a wave of low-cost airlines launching or expanding operations in Africa as they seek to capture middle-income people who are tired of dangerous road journeys but cannot afford major international carriers. According to Reuters, the new airlines hope to undercut larger…

Lagos airport undergoes America’s security audit

Posted on March 4, 2016March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

A four-man team from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) United States of America is currently in the country carrying out the security audit of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos in line with TSA security procedures. The team, led by Transportation Security Specialist (TSS) was at NCAA on Monday to brief the Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Muhtar Usman on the exercise. According to him, they would in the course of…

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