Aviation

WTO: U.S. failed to comply with rulings illegal subsidies to Boeing Compliance panel report indicts firm, Airbus to lose plane sales of $ 15-20 bn Illegal subsidies over time, resulted in $100 billion in Airbus’total lost     The United States has failed to comply with WTO rulings in the more than decade-long ongoing transatlantic battle over commercial aircraft subsidies.    This was reported today by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Compliance Panel in the…

  The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has registered its satisfaction on the success with the compliance on Executive Order by agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos.   The agency said the physical check tables at the departure hall of the terminal is been removed, also the desks belonging to Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following the last screening by the FAAN’s Aviation Security.   Many…

Airline insists on manual screening of passengers In a bid not to be caught as flouting the country’s directive, American carrier, Delta Air Lines said it is working with the Nigerian and United States Governments to understanding the new Executive Order which is aimed at easing way of doing business in Nigeria. The carrier had on Tuesday insisted on manual screening of all its passengers, the airline has said that This is as Woleshadare.net learnt…

…Extends examination …uncovers another N25bn debt The delay by auditing firm, KPMG, to turn in its findings on how Nigeria’s flag carrier, Arik, was mismanaged, is slowing the revival of the once prosperous airline, Woleshadare.net has learnt. The delay in releasing its findings to government may also have informed why the latter did not reach a deal with Africa’s most successful airline, Ethiopian Airlines, on how to revive the carrier, which was taken over by…

Africa’s aviation is in doldrums. The sector is, however, not all gloom as experts chart path for its rescue. WOLE SHADARE writes The ills The challenges facing the African aviation industry range from state protectionism and lack of an enabling environment for new investors to high taxes and charges, which are above comparative world averages and a poor safety record due to ageing fleet and insufficient regulatory supervision. Likewise, a lot of air transport infrastructure…

Cautions cash-strapped govt. on privatization Wole Shadare The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has taken a swipe at Africa’s aviation investigative bodies for the shoddy jobs at investigating aircraft accidents, describing it as in-exhaustive. The Director-General of IATA, Alexandre de Junaic made the disclosure today at the IATA 73rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Cancun, Mexico. De Junaic however stated that in contrast to the progress made in Africa, “We have taken a step back…

The European Commission (EC) would henceforth thoroughly scrutinise Nigerian carriers designated to Europe following allegations that Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Medview, presented documents that did not correlate with what it presented to the EC.   A source close to an EC official told Woleshadare.net that for the intervention of the Director- General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Usman Muhtar, the car rier would have been out rightly banned rather than the ban…

   The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said it has begun immediate implementation of the recent executive of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo which encourages the ease of doing business in the country. NAMA’s Managing Director, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu is driving the process.   In a statement, Akinkuotu noted that in order to beat the June 8 deadline for full implementation, the agency has already updated its website showing the requirements, conditions and procedures for doing…

      The conference scheduled to hold on Monday, June 5, 2017 will hold at the Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja. According to a statement by Mr Kayode Ariwodola- AADF Director and the conference coordinator, the forum seeks to provide a veritable platform through which the entire spectrum of the industry is reviewed and addressed particularly with regard to issues bordering on aviation education and aerospace education infrastructure in Africa’s most populous country .   The conference, which…

  The strict process of getting Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) could stop at least 27 prospective airline operators from completing the process.   A document made available by NCAA to Woleshadare.net showed that the airlines are in different stages of certification. While some have totally abandoned the process, others have put theirs’ on hold with plans to resume the process.   Operators, who stopped at stage one are…