Aviation

 It is an irony of some sorts that while Nigerian carriers are going through tough times, the airlines have maintained a high level of stability, which some operators say is helped by the airlines re-appraising their operations to stay afloat. Woleshadarenews investigation shows that the constant fear of airlines closing shop is no longer there, as many of the airlines are repositioning their operations and cutting loss making routes, particularly the West coast routes. Aviation…

Boeing and Airbus are outdoing each other with latest aircraft. Airlines are doing same, acquiring not only state-of the art airplanes, but spending billions of dollars to reconfigure their upper class cabins, writes WOLE SHADARE who witnessed Virgin Atlantic’s mock-ups cabin layout at its headquarters in Crawley, London The acquisition Longer hull, modified wings, new Rolls-Royce Trent-XWB engines and more robust systems. They are what Airbus plan to deliver to Virgin Atlantic in the summer. The game is…

Airline, unions meet to resolve face-off Aviation unions’ plans to picket Caverton Helicopters tomorrow April 15th over misunderstanding between them and the management of the carrier may have been called off. The unions held a crucial meeting with the carrier today where all matters were resolved just as the management told Woleshadare.net that it had gone beyond its plans before the crisis started to pay all workers laid off their terminal benefits. Aside that, the airline had equally…

  Following the alleged ill-treatment meted on their members working in Caverton Helicopters by men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), five aviation unions have concluded plans to picket the airline.  According to the unions, the picketing process will commence on April 15th and 16th 2019 to express their displeasure over the denial of their rights by the police and also the inability of Caverton Helicopters to pay up their members their terminal benefits.  The…

Following the recent fire incident at the Sam Mbakwe International  Cargo Airport,  Owerri,  the  Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Engr. Saleh Dunoma, today, April 11, 2019 paid a visit to the airport. This visit was the second of such from the management of the Authority in two days, as the Director of Engineering  Services of the Authority, Engr Salisu Daura had earlier led a team of Management staff to the airport…

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Ahmed Lawan Kuru has again reiterated that the over N5trillion bad debts, which Nigerians expect AMCON to fully recover before its sunset should be seen as a collective problem that concerns all Nigerians irrespective of their socio-political, ethnic and cultural ideologies. Kuru who was represented by the Executive Director, Assets, Dr. Eberechukwu Uneze, made the declaration when he received a group of…

UK carries out factory acceptance test   Nigeria is set to take delivery of an automatic aircraft firefighting simulator. The equipment manufacturers, Messrs Alpine Metal Technology Company, UK has carried out the factory acceptance and pre-shipment inspection and test of the simulator in the presence of top Nigerian functionaries, including the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika. The equipment would cost the country N5b The simulator, the first of its kind in Africa, is a…

At no time is the peril of congestion at the Lagos airport apron more exposed than when a neutral person visits and witness the eyesore of disorderliness, writes WOLE SHADARE Headache Even as they expand their operations, Nigeria’s major airport, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, is operating below capacity. Although traffic has quadrupled over the years, congestion at both cargo and passenger aprons of the country’s busiest airport is giving both managers of the airport…

  Uganda Airlines, the national carrier of Uganda, has firmed up its order for two A330-800 airliners, the latest version of the most popular A330 widebody airliner.   Fitted with the new Airspace by Airbus cabin, the A330neo will bring a range of benefits to Uganda Airlines and its customers, offering unrivalled efficiencies combined with the most modern cabin.   Uganda Airlines plans to use the A330-800 to build its medium and long-haul network with the aircraft…