Author: Wole Shadare

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a decision of its Board of Governors (BoG), which unanimously approved at an IATA BoG meeting today, to recommend Alexandre de Juniac, Chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM, to succeed retiring Director General and CEO, Tony Tyler. With confirmation by the IATA Annual General Meeting to be held 1-3 June 2016 in Dublin, Ireland, de Juniac will take up duties as the head of the association after a…

The Board of the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), has confirmed the appointment of  Rizwan Kadri as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (COO), with effect from 1st April, 2016. Rizwan Kadri joined SAHCOL in December, 2015 as Chief Operating Officer (COO), but was later appointed as Acting Managing Director in January, 2016, after the former Managing Director, Oluropo Owolabi was moved to the Board. The firm, in a statement said the performance of Kadri since…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the clearing house for global airlines has released a study projecting a one million job and EUR245 billion boost to European prosperity in 2035 from airspace modernisation. The group stated that Europe is well-served by air connectivity, which today supports 11.7 million European jobs and $860 billion of European GDP. But it is inefficient. Average flights are nearly 50 kilometers longer than they need to be in terms of distance…

Emirates has announced several management changes in its commercial operations team to strengthen its market position in Africa, the Middle East and North and South America. The commercial team changes are a further testament to Emirates’ strategic direction to keep its competitive edge in these regions. fea Orhan Abbas has been appointed Senior Vice President Commercial Operations Africa, and will lead growth efforts across the continent and will report directly to Thierry Antinori, Executive Vice President and…

       The sharp drop of revenue flow to airlines globally in the face of discontinued state funding, sustained de-regulation, privatisation and intense completion in the last two decades have seriously affected carriers. The Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Mukhtar Usman made the disclosure at the weekend in a paper he delivered with theme, ” The act of promoting a sustainable air transport economy while maintaining high level aviation safety standards”, at…

Culled from New Telegraph How old is too old? That is the question on the lips of travellers and stakeholders regarding the age of aircraft in operations. Opinions are divided on whether their operations constitute danger to air safety, writes Aviation Editor, WOLE SHADARE, Each time there is a plane crash, what readily comes to mind is the issue of how old the ill-fated plane is. This has dominated discourse in Nigeria’s aviation industry for…