Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

‘Stingy’ airlines amid exploitative fare inquisition

Posted on December 10, 2024December 10, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) may be waking up late to its responsibility but has picked up the gauntlet to protect consumers’ rights amid alleged exploitative fares by Air Peace and possibly other airlines. This is coming as Aero’s new fare slash is attracting passengers to a relatively quiet airline, writes, WOLE SHADARE Payback time The Christmas period is a period for giving. It is just a show of giving back to…

IATA: Nigeria maintains clean record, owes no foreign airline

Posted on December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Blocked airline funds drop to $1.7b Nigeria has continued to retain its clean record by continuously missing from the infamous black book of airlines in which funds were trapped in the country. Since July, no airline has had its funds trapped in Nigeria as over $800 million of airlines’ money trapped had been paid. IATA maintain the position today stressing that nine countries account for 83 per cent of the airline industry’s blocked funds, which…

NCAA to sanction airlines over delayed refunds in 14 days, chides carriers’ passengers rights violations

Posted on December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Piqued by the deluge against airlines that have frustrated travellers over inability to make a refund for cancelled or delayed flights that span more than five hours, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is ready to wield the big stick by sanctioning erring airlines. The agency said failure to comply with Part 19 of NCAA regulations will, henceforth, attract immediate sanctions. The airline sector is riddled with mounting complaints against airlines over flight delays and…

Dispatchers Want Authorities To Address Disparities In Licensing, Salaries, Work Conditions

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Flight Dispatchers Association of Nigeria (FLIDAN) is requesting that Flight Dispatchers’ type-ratings be stamped on their licenses to enhance accountability and safety, that mandatory logbooks for dispatchers, akin to those used by pilots, to document and preserve critical experience gained on the job be introduced and that “there must be policies ensuring consistent job placements and on-the-job training opportunities for new graduates.” This call was made by the President of FLIDAN, Mr. Daniel Ayuba in…

How Air Peace instigates airlines to hike fares, Commission cautions carrier against obstructing inquiry

Posted on December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Onyema engaging in ostentation self-adulation-FCCPC The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said it noted with consternation, the latest outburst by Air Peace in what seems a series of ploys calculated to both obfuscate the issues and distract the Commission from the ongoing inquiry into alleged exploitative ticket pricing among other potential violations of consumers’ rights. The commission disclosed that the inquiry into Air Peace’s pricing practices stems from allegations of unjustified fare…

NSIB Probe: How Fly Bird’s HS 125 lost two engines in incident

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has said it has commenced investigating a serious incident involving a Fly Bird HS 125 aircraft with registration number 5NKAL. The aircraft, operating a flight from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (DNAA), to Kotoka International Airport, Accra (DGAA), experienced technical difficulties during its flight on December 6 2024. According to NSIB, preliminary information indicates that the aircraft, with four persons on board (three crew members and one passenger), was…

United Marks Five Years of Non-Stop Flights Between Cape Town and New York/Newark

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Wole Shadare

First U.S. carrier to operate between Cape Town and North America United Airlines is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its non-stop flights between Cape Town and its New York/Newark hub, Newark Liberty International Airport. The carrier was the first U.S. carrier to operate flights between Cape Town and North America and since 2019, the airline has carried over 345,000 customers and 2,000 tonnes of cargo on over 1,500 flights between Cape Town and its New…

Kuku’s ‘Operation AirClean’ to stop bad practices at airports, says Dati

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The charge by the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Mrs Olubunmi to security agencies to stamp out touting at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos and other airports across the country should not be seen as an indictment but a wake-up call to weed out persons soiling the image of the nation. This was disclosed by a former spokesman for FAAN, Yakubu Dati who called on airlines, service providers and stakeholders…

FAAN, security agencies collaborate to tackle touting, passengers’ harassment at Lagos airport

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Worried by the continuous touting and harassment of travellers at the screening points at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Olubunmi Kuku summoned heads of all security agencies at the Lagos airport intending to nip the menace in the bud. At the meeting, Mrs Kuku launched “Operation AirClean,” making it clear that she has the full backing of the Honourable Minister of Aviation and…

22-year aircraft age limit political to stop Albarka Airlines, says Iyayi

Posted on December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Why Nigerian carriers can’t acquire newer airplanes for now Boeing, Airbus crises slow plane delivery The President of TopBrass Airlines and a member of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Roland Iyayi said the 22-year age limitation policy for aircraft by the Federal Government in 2001 has done incalculable damage to airline business till this very moment. According to him, the law limiting the age of aircraft coming into the country does not bode well…

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