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Agency vows to recover more The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has assisted the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to recover 17 cars said to have been made away by top officials of the agency who left service recently. Although, the value of the cars cannot be independently verified, a source in ICPC who spoke to New Telegraph on condition of anonymity said they run into several millions of naira. The source added that most…

The airline industry has had years of experience in addressing airlines’ Crew Resource Management (CRM), which carriers appear not to be adhering to, thereby causing unavoidable accidents in the country. WOLE SHADARE reports   Associated Airlines prepared for crash On October 3, 2013, an Embraer 120ER with registration 5N-BJY, a chartered flight, departed Lagos to Akure on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). The Captain was the Pilot Flying (PF) and the First Officer was the…

Ekiti Rebirth Organisation, (ERO) has named a journalist and human civil rights activist, Mr Gboyega Adeoye as the group’s spokesperson. ERO is the socio-cultural movement campaigning to see the Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, emerge as the next governor of Ekiti State. In a statement on weekend, the Director General of ERO, Mr Aderanti Adebisi said the choice of Mr Adeoye was informed by the need to energise the…

WOLE SHADARE looks at the intricate global aviation politics and concludes that Nigeria also needs to play the game to increase market share for her airlines The disclosure Last week, the Managing Director of Nigeria’s only listed carrier on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), Medview Airlines Plc, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, took people into a serious politicking by global aviation players. This borders on how nations protect their airlines amid stiff competition.The hurdles deliberately set by…

WOLE SHADARE writes that training produces a well prepared force that through repetition can increase the speed of an operation and enhance proper execution while reducing injuries Response to accidents Responding to aircraft crash may likely be one of the most challenging, dangerous and physiological impacting experience a firefighter may encounter during his career. The potential for disasters have increased significantly in recent years because currently planes are carrying larger numbers of passengers, often flying…

Stakeholders flay CEOs, directors’ high turnover     The recent sack and redeployment in the aviation has raised a lot of dust that may unsettle the entire aviation system for a while.   While some are piqued with intrigues that culminated in the redeployment and manoeuvring that led to two Directors in the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the redeployment of over 55 General Managers, Deputy General Managers and redeployment from agency to the…

  By John Ojikutu   The process of the Certification of the Nigerian Airports is coming several years after many ICAO and USA FAA Safety and Security Audits of 2006 to 2016 and the classification and reclassification of the NCAA Regulations and oversight functions as Category 1 in 2010, 2016 and lately now 2017. Airport Certification is a requirement and compliant to the NCAR Part 12.6.4. It carries obligations on the operator to continuously maintain…

Certification of the Nigeria’s aerodromes would reduce insurance premium for the airline operators, President, Airport Council International (ACI), Saleh Dunoma, has said. He spoke with woleshadare.net in Lagos.  Insurance premium for operators in Nigeria ranks amongst the highest in the world. Aside insurance premium that are most likely to be reduced, the ACI boss said it would give the international aviation community the confidence to operate to the airport. The certification of the airport is based…