Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Foreign airlines’ dominance hurts Nigerian carriers

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Amid stiff competition, European airlines are outdoing each other and deploying numerous strategies to gain dominance in Nigeria’s juicy air travel market. Currently, over 26 foreign airlines operate in Nigeria’s travel market, which for a long time, has been dominated by European carriers, especially the early comers into the country. In the last five years, however, there has been a paradigm shift in the market with the coming of Middle East and American carriers into…

Delta expands wings to North America, others via codeshare with Jet Airways, KLM

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Delta Air Lines has entered into a codeshare partnership with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Jet Airways to provide convenient connections for passengers to and from key destinations across North America to the Indian Subcontinent via Amsterdam. Effective March 27, 2016, Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, will launch daily non-stop flights from Amsterdam to each to its hubs in Mumbai and New Delhi. These will complement KLM’s daily flight between Amsterdam and New Delhi….

Emirates rolls out activities for Festival of Literature

Posted on March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Emirates will be once again actively engaging the visitors of this year’s Emirates Airline Festival of Literature with imaginative on-ground experiences that merge family fun with technology. Lewis the Lion and Leila the Camel mascots with Emirates Cabin Crew Take a photo with the ‘cut out’. Dina Al Herais – VP Commercial , VIP Customer Relations said: “People are constantly interacting with technology, and this year we wanted to connect with visitors in innovative…

NCAA concludes safety oversight as ICAO begins audit

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Muhtar Usman stated that the aviation regulatory body has done an analysis of its safety oversight establishment has been done including a review of the implementation of Annexes’ provisions. Usman stated this at the opening ceremony of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme for Nigeria at the NCAA Headquarter Annex. Providing a background to the ICAO USOAP, he disclosed that the…

RANS S-20LS Raven gets FAA factory built approval

Posted on March 13, 2016March 13, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The United States apex aviation regulatory body, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has signed off, and RANS Designs will now supply the Raven, factory-built and ready to fly, with engines from 80 to 180hp, as a SLSA. The S-20LS Raven carries pricing starting at $119,000. The SLSA Raven is already in production, with an order book that’s filling fast. And, like its Experimental-category sibling, the S-20LS doesn’t lock buyers out of the options book. Panels…

New pact, airports completion to boost traffic in Q4-FAAN

Posted on March 13, 2016March 13, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has predicted a significant upsurge in passenger, cargo and aircraft traffic by last quarter of this year. The expected traffic is also going to be boosted when most of the terminal and other related projects at these airports would have been completed and commissioned. Spokesman for FAAN, Yakubu Dati stated that with improvements in terminal and airside facilities at these airports, a number of local airlines in the country…

Nigeria to face ICAO test as four man team arrives

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria, yet again undergoes the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) as a four-man team from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), has arrived Nigeria to commence the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP). Sam Adurogboye, NCAA spokesman said during the Audit, following areas will be concentrated upon: Legislation (LEG), Organisation (ORG), Accident and Incident Investigation (AIG), Air Navigational Services (ANS) and Aerodrome and Ground Aids (AGA). The Auditors, who will be working with the…

AFRAA to host aviation stakeholders’ summit in Kigali

Posted on March 11, 2016March 11, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Africa’s aviation stakeholders would converge in Kigali, Rwanda to foster dialogue, building sustainable networks in supply chain management and creating a competitive environment for aviation business in the continent. The summit takes place between May 7 and May 9, 2016. The conference is being organised by the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) in partnership with RwandAir, convened under the patronage of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Rwanda, this important industry…

Nigeria remains very strong market for our operations, says BA chief Paolo de Renzis

Posted on March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 by Wole Shadare

One of the biggest airlines in the world, British Airways would mark his 80 years of operations in Nigeria in the second quarter of this year. The airline’s area commercial manager, Paolo De Renzis, in this interview with WOLE SHADARE in the carrier’s Waterside Headquarters in London, spoke on the airline’s humongous investments in new products, new aircraft and how the Nigerian aviation market remains one of the biggest for them. Excerpts You are over 90 years…

Despite challenges, Medview impresses on Lagos-London route

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Wole Shadare

*Set to begin Dubai in summer The Managing Director of Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Medview, Alhaji Muneer Bankole said the challenges of operating Lagos-London are enormous but noted that the carrier has done very well as could be rated as the best Nigerian airline on the lucrative route. Speaking yesterday at Medview Airline Trade Partners Forum held at Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja, the airline chief said they studied what Nigerians wanted that other major international carriers…

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