Wole Shadare, Author at Aviation metric

Aviation half year review: Re-engineering for positive development

Posted on July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The aviation industry in the first half of the year particularly the last quarter of the year did not perform too badly. However, more efforts must be put into ensuring the success of the entire value chain. WOLE SHADARE writes that the sector including airlines needs the government’s support to succeed The aviation industry in Nigeria for many has witnessed relative stability in the second quarter of 2024 much more different from the first quarter when the…

IATA: African airlines must overcome high costs, taxation, decrepit infrastructure, others, profit razor-thin

Posted on July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Carriers struggle with losses, challenges surmountable The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said the African airline sector must overcome many challenges, not least of which are infrastructure deficiencies, high costs, onerous taxation, and the failure to broadly implement a continent-wide multilateral traffic rights regime. IATA is excited about the continent’s airlines making a collective profit but the bad news is that it is razor-thin and well below the global benchmark with many individual…

NAMA holds AIM training for management staff

Posted on July 2, 2024July 2, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has held a three-day training workshop on Aeronautical Information Management and collaboration of procedures for top-level management staff of the agency. With participants drawn from the Aero-Comms and Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) departments of the agency across the country, the workshop which was held in Lagos centred on the collaboration, harmonization and synergy among critical personnel of the agency, highlighting the importance of integrated procedures to enhance…

Babalakin: 64 garlands to a quintessential humanist, businessman

Posted on June 30, 2024June 30, 2024 by Wole Shadare

TRIBUTE TO DR. BOLANLE OLAWALE BABALAKIN (SAN)@64 By Wole Shadare A star was born into the illustrious Babalakin clan in Gbongan town in present-day Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State precisely on July 1, 1960, in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. The newborn was christened by his father, an eminent jurist and former Supreme Court justice, Justice Bolarinwa Oyegoke Babalakin and Madam Ramotu Ibironke Babalakin as Bolanle Olawale Babalakin. His parents were oblivious…

Lack of personnel, training, quality control, others cost Nigeria ICAO security audit

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania outperformed Nigeria Lack of adequate personnel especially in critical areas of Aviation Security (AVSEC), poor passenger facilitation, poor oversight on the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), lack of provision of guidance tools, absence of critical information, quality control obligations and resolution of security concerns in terms of deficiencies communicated, development of corrective actions and enforcement cost Nigeria the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Universal Security Audit Programme (USAP) Continuous…

Bernard fulfils ambition, enhances aviation manpower development with new LAA’s facility

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Wole Shadare

For years, Bankole Bernard’s ambition was to bequeath to Nigerians aviation training institution that would help to boost or increase the manpower development of the country’s aviation industry as the older ones are gradually giving way to younger professionals that are poised to take the sector to greater heights. Bernard’s ambition which he secretly nursed after he visited the International Air Transport Association (IATA) opened his eyes to the fact that Nigeria with its over…

NAF, NAMA share updates on aircraft movement, upgrade surveillance system

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Wole Shadare

To enhance the safety and security of the nation’s airspace, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has embarked on upgrading its surveillance infrastructure across the nation’s airports and other remote installations across the country. The Air Force chief shared an update on the NAF’s enhanced capabilities to monitor and identify all aircraft entering and exiting the Nigerian airspace, adding that improved collaboration and partnership between NAMA and the NAF would sustain the current security and…

NAMA, NAF Strengthen Collaboration for Enhanced Airspace Safety, Security

Posted on June 26, 2024June 26, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Air Force to train 20 NAMA staff to enhance manpower disposition The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Ahmed Umar Farouk has highlighted the critical roles played by both NAMA and the Nigerian Air Force in ensuring airspace safety and security, stressing that while the aviation agency handles civil operations, NAF oversees security. He stated that the close collaboration between NAF and NAMA is vital for maintaining a…

Nigeria airspace safe despite dropped ICAO points, says Aligbe

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Chief Executive Officer of Belujane Consult, Mr. Chris Azu Aligbe said the 71% score recorded by Nigeria in last year’s Universal Security Audit Programme-Continuous Monitoring Approach (USAP-CMA) conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is not an indication that the country’s airspace is unsafe. Speaking to Aviation Metric at the weekend, Aligbe stated that rather than waste energy on an audit conducted last year, he called on all the agencies to ensure that those gaps noticed during…

Africa’s aviation obstacles to reaching 2050 net zero deadline

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The aviation industry is increasingly recognizing the importance of adopting sustainable practices to mitigate its environmental impact. However, WOLE SHADARE writes that aside from the huge costs associated with SAF, other factors such paucity of funds that make it difficult for them to acquire newer aircraft may make the 2050 net zero target unrealistic Time frame The disclosure penultimate week at the recently concluded Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) held in Dubai,…

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