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Nigerian airlines operate in difficult environment, says NCAA DG

Posted on October 3, 2023October 3, 2023 by Wole Shadare

How to resolve SAATM challenges to achieve potential The Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Musa Nuhu said the country’s carriers are operating in a very difficult environment, adding that an airline cannot operate in isolation from the economy it is operating. To him, the Nigerian economy is in very difficult times. Nuhu, in an interview with Aviation Metric in Abuja, decried the cost of financing which put the cost at 25…

Minister seeks ICAO’s support for Nigeria, Africa, air connectivity poses challenge

Posted on September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Minister of Aviation, Mr. Festus Keyamo has sought the support of the international aviation regulatory body the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on the comprehensive civil aviation master plan and airport development of the country. The Minister made the disclosure when he paid a familiarisation visit to the ICAO Headquarters in Montreal Canada. The minister on behalf of the continent of Africa also mentioned the important role of air connectivity which he said ICAO should…

Airbus to install fuel-saving sails for maritime operations, to cut 1, 800 tons CO2 emissions annually

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Aircraft maker, Airbus has concluded plans to equip one of the vessels it uses to transport aircraft subassemblies, chartered from ship-owner Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, with a wind-assisted propulsion technology that captures wind energy to generate thrust and, therefore, delivers savings in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The eSAIL, developed by the Spain-based firm bound4blue, creates as much as six to seven times more lift than a conventional rigid sail. It consists of a sail-like vertical…

Aviation’s contribution to economy insignificant despite potential, says Nwuba

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Wole Shadare

President of Aircraft and Owners Pilots Association of Nigeria (AOPA), Dr. Alexander Nwuba has lamented the insignificant contribution of aviation in Nigeria to economic growth despite its potential to generate revenue, create employment, and spur the development of other industries such as hospitality and tourism. Nwuba in a paper he presented at a Webinar, entitled, “Repositioning the aviation sector for revenue generation and growth: Role of Legislation, “branded the country’s airlines as one of the…

NCAA to implement bad fuel audit recommendation committee report, says DG NCAA

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu has assured that the recommendation of the audit committee of all aviation fuel activities in Nigeria would be implemented. Nuhu in his speech at the inauguration of the joint NCAA audit committee of all aviation fuel activities in Nigeria stated that the aviation regulatory body’s foremost function is to ensure the safety of aviation activities in Nigeria and achieve the highest level of safety…

IOSA airlines record higher safety performance as agency clocks 20

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) marked the first 20 years of the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) at the IATA World Safety and Operations Conference taking place in Hanoi, Vietnam. Since 2005, the all-accident rate for airlines on the IOSA registry is 1.40 per million sectors, compared with 3.49 per million sectors for non-IOSA airlines. In 2022, IOSA-registered carriers outperformed those not on the registry by a factor of four (0.70 accidents per million…

AMCON sells truncated stage five NG Eagle’s AOC

Posted on September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Why Arik is insolvent, plans conditional exit-Kuru The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Ahmed Lawan Kuru stated that the frustration encountered by the firm in setting up NG Eagle led it to sell the last stages of its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) to an unnamed company which plans to begin air operations. The NG project was truncated at stage five of the process of getting its Air Operator Certificate (AOC). The NG Eagle’s AOC…

Sosoliso crash spurs low-level windshear project, vandal activities worry NiMet DG

Posted on September 17, 2023September 17, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Why Nigeria won’t experience Morocco, Libya disasters The Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Mansur Matazu said his agency embarked on an aggressive Low-Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) project after the Sosoliso crash of December 10, 2005, describing it as a phenomenon that was very ‘dicey’ and ‘dynamic’ because the accident happened within seconds. On the afternoon of December 10, 2005, a landmark aircraft accident occurred at the Port-Harcourt International Airport. The tragic accident…

The incredible success story of Ibom Air

Posted on September 16, 2023September 16, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Not often do you see an airline in Nigeria that has done incredibly well as Ibom Air going by the pessimism of survival amid many challenges strewn in the ways of airlines in the country. Undaunted by fear of what would happen after his administration, the former Governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel put together bright minds with the vision to set up an airline known as Ibom Air; one that gave the people of…

Boeing Identifies Sub-Saharan Africa Opportunities to Develop Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Seeking to accelerate the production and deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), supported by Boeing, released a study today highlighting the potential for producing SAF and other biomaterials within sub-Saharan Africa. The study and its research were presented at the Aviation Africa summit today. The report, titled, “Fuelling the sustainable bi-economy: Creating Impact through landscape-level programmes”, explores the opportunity for SAF to drive a just energy transition in Africa…

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