Aviation

  The Federal Government has opted to accord the visa-on-arrival policy wider publicity, beyond what it is today. Already, discussion is ongoing between the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, and the Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI), Mr. Muhammad Babandede. President Muhammadu Buhari had, a few weeks ago in faraway Egypt, announced that his administration has concluded plans to implement the said policy in the New Year. The President, who made the disclosure during the…

restates vow to sanction foreign carriers Air France’s passenger petitions minister The Acting Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Abdullahi Maikano Sidi, has warned foreign carriers to desist from taking Nigerian passengers for granted, stressing that the agency would not hesitate to apply sanctions to curb the menace. Sidi, who spoke to Woleshadarenews in his office in Lagos, said the original plan of the aviation regulatory body was to stop Turkish Airline from operating to…

  A bush fire that spread very close to the Port-Harcourt International Airport led to the closure of the runway. The runway according to an official of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said villagers set fire on bushes around Omagwa, the community housing the airport, stressing that the inferno spread rapidly close to the area which forced FAAN to close the runway. The closure, Woleshadarenews learnt led to the grounding of aircraft from…

   Aerodrome gets airfield lighting, landing aids, others   The Federal Government has assured that the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu will be completed before Easter. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika gave the assurance when he visited the airport to see the level of work which is progressing very well. He noted that because of the strategic importance of this airport to the South-Eastern region, the Federal Government carefully contracted the  project to a…

    Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace has received its third International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certification. The IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) programme is an internationally recognised and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline. IOSA uses internationally recognised quality audit principles and is designed to conduct audits in a standardised and consistent manner. This is coming on the heels of the airline’s announcement of flight…

  Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) , Akin Olateru has called for a new focus and total rededication towards improving Nigeria’s aviation sector. In his 2020 New Year Message made available to journalists, the AIB boss urged AIB staff to reflect on the successes and accolades of the past years. While congratulating management and staff for their contribution to the realisation of these goals and successes, he applauded them for the services they rendered to the agency…

   2019 was a memorable year for aviation in Nigeria,  with a mixture of positive and negative aviation developments, Wole Shadare writes From failures to triumphs, 2019 has been a year of turbulence in the aviation industry. Last year,  Nigeria’s aviation sector played host to the good, the bad and the ugly. But what’s in store for 2020, and what can we expect from not only the airlines but the entire sector? Declining profitability Aviation had been in something…

  Bureau attains 85% implementation rate Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Akin Olateru has disclosed that the agency is at the verge of releasing ten final reports in the next 90 days. Among the reports are those involving Vice-President Osinbajo’s helicopter crash which occurred few months ago and others that occurred over 12 years ago which reports are yet to be made public. The Bureau is set to release reports of some current accidents and…

  The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Sunday released the preliminary report on an accident involving a Boeing 737-500 aircraft operated by Med-View Airline. The General Manager of Public Affairs, AIB, Mr. Tunde Oketunbi, said in a statement in Lagos that investigation on the crash was still ongoing while the final report on the incident would be released at the conclusion of the investigation. The aircraft with registration marks 5N-BQM was en route the Murtala…