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In Nigeria, the aviation sector has one of the highest leverage on the Nigerian economy, yet the airlines remain cash strapped with compressed margins and high operating cost that impair performance. WOLE SHADARE writes Problems yet to fizzle These days, airlines are becoming safer, more efficient, and more profitable with savvier management teams. However, the problems that plague the airline industry have not gone away. The global nature of the industry makes it uniquely vulnerable…

Allege situation promotes job racketeering, secret employment Want aviation board inaugurated   For more than four hours, aviation unions shut down the headquarters of the Nigerian Civil Aviation (NCAA) over what the four unions in the aviation industry described as backwardness of new organogram they said does not encourage career progression, redundancy and loss of jobs. Consequently, the unions comprising the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of…

African airlines saw demand increased 2.1 per cent compared to March 2018 according to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest analysis of demand for air passenger travel. According to the group, this was down from a 2.5 per cent rise in February with a 1.1 per cent climb in capacity as load factors strengthening by 0.7 percentage point to 71.4 per cent. The upward traffic trend for Africa has softened since mid-2018 in line with…

  President, SKAL International, Lagos, Mrs Rita Ofure Obidike, has come hard on tourism and travel, saying there is no cause for celebration when the sector is still in infancy and when the nation is serious about having her own national carrier, She stated this at the 60th anniversary of SKAL International, Lagos held during the week in Lagos. SKAL is an association of travel and tourism professionals. It is the only organisation that brings…

An unfortunate reality of checking in luggage on your flight is that it may not always show up at your destination airport when you do. This causes a lot of pain to travellers, writes WOLE SHADARE Stark reality As the baggage carousel slows to a stop, and the last bag comes out, your stomach drops to the floor. A dozen black suitcases have rolled by, but they all had colourful ribbons attached to them announcing…

…as unhealthy rivalry tears NAHCo, SAHCo apart   The aviation ground handling firms such as the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company Plc. (NAHCO) and the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc. (SAHCO) are in dire strait, as rate charged airlines currently are what were handed to the firms since 1986. Managing Director of SAHCO Plc., Mr. Basil Agboarumi, disclosed this to Woleshadarenews in Lagos at the side-line of Business Aviation Summit. He said that the handling of…

Aviation contributes $1 billion to Nigeria’s GDP yearly-FAAN MD In line with its strategic long and short term plans to develop infrastructure at the country’s premier airport, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) would meet this week with the incoming Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu. Part of the talk would centre around the collaboration of the agency with Lagos State in the provision of inter-modal rail…