Aviation

  Forget champagne, fully flat beds and on-board showers.WOLE SHADARE writes that for airlines’ travellers, the must-have facility these days is WiFi Changing times At over 37, 000 feet above sea level, air passengers can make video calls, send Short Messaging System(SMS) and be in contact with their loved ones and continue with their works as if they are in their homes or offices. That is the power of technology, which was a rarity many years ago, as airlines…

…Receives 279 orders from region’s airlines Aircraft giant, Airbus, said it had received 279 commercial aircraft orders from African airlines – out of which 240 are presently in service with 37 operators. The firm disclosed this to our correspondent in France. Similarly, over 600 Airbus’ helicopters have been delivered to African customers, more than half of which are in service with customers in Southern and Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. This is coming…

…fears high charges by investors The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said it would follow up on Nigeria’s plan to privatize some of her airports to know the modalities it plans to adopt so that airlines would not be at the mercy of the new investors. IATA’s Regional Vice- President, Africa and Middle East, Mohammed Ali Albakri, told Woleshadarenews on the side-lines of the Association’s 75th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS),…

Lufthansa Group Chief Executive Officer, Carsten Spohr, has assumed his duties as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year term effective from the conclusion of the 75th the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea as announced by the clearing house for over 240 global airlines  Spohr is the 78th chair of the IATA BoG. He has served on the BoG since May 2014. Spohr…

A Cameroonian, Fadimatou Noutchemo Simo made Africa proud as she emerged the winner of the ‘High Flyer’ category of the inaugural IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards held at the concluded 75th Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit in Seoul, Korea. “The IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards are sponsored by Qatar Airways. Each winner receives a prize of $25,000, payable to the winner in each of the categories or to their nominated charities.”says IATA. Other…

Jet A1 highest in Nigeria, other producing nations   Wole Shadare, Seoul   Nigerian and African airlines would find it extremely difficult to be profitable as long as taxes, charges and high cost of aviation fuel persist. This was the verdict of the Regional Vice President, Africa and Middle East, International Air Transport Association (IATA)  Mohammed Ali Albakri at the on-going IATA 75th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS) holding in Seoul, South Korea….

  As Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) continue to seek better ways to recover its huge outstanding debt of over N5trillion, 80 per cent of which is owed by just 350 individuals in the country, leading jurists at the weekend again urged the management of AMCON to explore the opportunities offered by Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) centres established by the Federal High Court.  Speaking in Abuja at the weekend, respected jurists such as Justice…

The Managing Director Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu has said that all the country’s international airports have an Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) as part of criteria to deal with crisis situations when they arise. Yadudu disclosed this at the agency’s headquarters at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, while fielding questions from journalists. It would be recalled that the EOC at the Kaduna International Airport was about two weeks ago…

Execujet handles penalised captain’s aircraft operations For serious violation of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig. CARs), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has revoked the Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (ATPL) of a pilot whose aircraft operations are handled by Execujet Aviation Group. Switzerland’s ExecuJet Aviation Group, which manages the world’s largest fleet of private jets, in 2013 chose Lagos as the location for its first West African facility, over several other potential locations in Ghana…

Carrier’s R3.5B emergency funding finishes June, 2019 Firm may collapse, needs assistance to remain afloat Wole Shadare The leadership instability rocking Africa’s foremost airline, South African Airways (SAA) is yet to abate as the airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Vuyani Jarana has resigned from his post, which brings to two the number of resignations from state-owned companies in as many weeks. Jarana was frustrated by the red tape that accompanies the top job. He had previously…