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  Nigerian carriers are on life support and one hopes that they would continue to weather the storm. This, however, raises some posers about the N120 billion intervention funds that was given to them. WOLE SHADARE writes   Intervention funds   Aero Contractors, IRS, Chanchangi, Virgin Nigeria/Air Nigeria are some of the airlines that benefited from the N120 billion aviation intervention funds from government. While others that partook in the largesse are wobbling and grappling…

Unfamiliarity and lack of good communication between the cockpit and cabin crew complicates air safety. Keeping the same cockpit and cabin crews together as often as possible would engender air safety.WOLE SHADARE writes The factor Many factors have influenced the quality of communication between the cockpit and cabin crews over the years. But one factor that should be of utmost concern is the growth of the industry. Within small airlines, communication between the crew is…

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Arik Air as part of its corporate social responsibility has offered to sponsor the return tickets to New York for conjoined twins, Miracle and Testimony Ayeni in order for the twins to have immediate access to medical care and surgery that they require. The carrier said it is offering this support in partnership with Linking Hands Foundation, a non-governmental organisation which has secured free medical treatment for the twins at Le…

  By Yakubu Dati The deluge of doubts that trailed the remodeling of airports across Nigeria, is giving way to rays of hope as great expectations have replaced the eager anticipation within the country’s aviation circles following the arrival of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) team to conduct an audit. According to Jean Claude Waffo, who is leading the team, the audit will access the state’s capabilities to oversee regulations as well as ensure…

Despite scaling through the stiffest international aviation tests, stakeholders have urged government not to gloss over serious security challenges at Nigerian airports. WOLE SHADARE writes   With the ease at which Nigeria passes some of the stiffest tests by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the one conducted by the United States of America’s apex aviation regulatory body, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), one would think that all is well with the country’s aviation…

Amid stiff competition, European airlines are outdoing each other and deploying numerous strategies to gain dominance in Nigeria’s juicy air travel market. Currently, over 26 foreign airlines operate in Nigeria’s travel market, which for a long time, has been dominated by European carriers, especially the early comers into the country. In the last five years, however, there has been a paradigm shift in the market with the coming of Middle East and American carriers into…

Five flights of the Lufthansa Group with 63 female and one male crew member departed Frankfurt, Munich, Geneva, Vienna, and Brussels for New York today.   Lufthansa, SWISS, and Brussels Airlines flights all had women-only crews, while on Austrian Airlines flight OS087, all but one crew member were female.  Although Austrian Airlines employs female captains, there currently is none flying the B767 deployed on the route to New York.   Member of the Executive Board,…

Non-existence of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) has impaired the growth of local carriers and may be linked to some of the tragic accidents that had claimed many souls in the past. WOLE SHADARE writes   Curbing capital flight Air transport business is highly challenging and involves complex and capital intensive operations. Major operational hubs in the world have well-developed MRO facilities and the technical expertise to carry out major checks on aircraft. Nigeria has…