Aviation

African airlines saw demand increased 2.1 per cent compared to March 2018 according to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest analysis of demand for air passenger travel. According to the group, this was down from a 2.5 per cent rise in February with a 1.1 per cent climb in capacity as load factors strengthening by 0.7 percentage point to 71.4 per cent. The upward traffic trend for Africa has softened since mid-2018 in line with…

  President, SKAL International, Lagos, Mrs Rita Ofure Obidike, has come hard on tourism and travel, saying there is no cause for celebration when the sector is still in infancy and when the nation is serious about having her own national carrier, She stated this at the 60th anniversary of SKAL International, Lagos held during the week in Lagos. SKAL is an association of travel and tourism professionals. It is the only organisation that brings…

An unfortunate reality of checking in luggage on your flight is that it may not always show up at your destination airport when you do. This causes a lot of pain to travellers, writes WOLE SHADARE Stark reality As the baggage carousel slows to a stop, and the last bag comes out, your stomach drops to the floor. A dozen black suitcases have rolled by, but they all had colourful ribbons attached to them announcing…

…as unhealthy rivalry tears NAHCo, SAHCo apart   The aviation ground handling firms such as the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company Plc. (NAHCO) and the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc. (SAHCO) are in dire strait, as rate charged airlines currently are what were handed to the firms since 1986. Managing Director of SAHCO Plc., Mr. Basil Agboarumi, disclosed this to Woleshadarenews in Lagos at the side-line of Business Aviation Summit. He said that the handling of…

Aviation contributes $1 billion to Nigeria’s GDP yearly-FAAN MD In line with its strategic long and short term plans to develop infrastructure at the country’s premier airport, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) would meet this week with the incoming Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu. Part of the talk would centre around the collaboration of the agency with Lagos State in the provision of inter-modal rail…

The award was given to Olaeru by the Transportation and Tourism Industries Combined Summit and Expo at the Tourism Transport Summit and Expo 2019, held Wednesday in Abuja. Aviation Editor of New Telegraph Newspaper and publisher of Woleshadarenews, Wole Shadare was awarded ‘Aviation Industry Reporter of the Year, ‘at the event. The organisers commended Shadare for his incisive, analytical and objective reportage of the air transport industry in Nigeria, stressing that aviation reportage anchored by Shadare has…

     31% awaits action      AIB, NCAA chiefs tango over safety Out of the 130 safety recommendations issued by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), 61 per cent of them have been fully implemented, eight partially implemented and 31 per cent yet to be fully implanted as at last year. In all, the AIB has now released a total of 46 accident reports and 178 safety recommendations in total since the inception of the…

FAAN records 3.5 million passengers, 54,000 aircraft movement The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has recorded a total number of 3.5 million passengers who passed through Nigerian airports.The agency also recorded 54,000 aircraft movements in the first quarter of 2019. This is 100, 000 more than the figure recorded same period last year. For 2018 first quarter,  traffic was 2.6 million; an indication that Nigeria’s traffic figure had seen an upsurge in the last two years…

     Delivered 162 commercial aircraft Q1 2018     A320 Family prog on track to reach 60 aircraft per month by mid-2019   Aircraft giant, Airbus reported First Quarter (Q1) 2019 consolidated financial results and maintained its guidance for the full-year.  “The first quarter underlying financials mainly reflect our commercial aircraft ramp-up and delivery phasing,” said Airbus Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury. “The commercial aircraft market remains robust and we continue to see good prospects in the helicopters…