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Nigeria’s aviation loses N400bn yearly – air transporters

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Stakeholders in the aviation industry have petitioned the Federal Government over Nigeria’s loss of over N400 billion annually for its inability to maximise the huge potentials in the sector. The Secretary General of National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Olayinka Abioye, said this in Lagos. He said that it is an ugly realisation that while in isolated countries such as Iceland and New- Zealand, air transport contributes five per cent to their Gross Domestic…

Nigeria, IATA pledge air safety for Africa

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

In a move to further improve air transport safety in Africa, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Nigeria have pledged to collaborate closely in developing and rolling out a set of measures intended to enhance the African Union’s 2012 Abuja Declaration on Aviation Safety in Africa. This pledge was a key outcome from a meeting held between Nigeria’s Civil Aviation Authority Director General, Captain Muhtar Usman and Tanja Grobotek, IATA’s Regional Director, Safety and…

NAMA denies leadership tussle

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has denied insinuation of leadership in the agency following the ordeal of top managers of the agency. The agency stated that recent press reports had given the impression that there is an on-going power tussle by some management staff of NAMA over the position of acting Managing Director / Chief Executive of the Agency. Spokesperson for the agency, Mrs Olajumoke Adetona said, “such unsubstantiated, deliberately planted reports are a…

Airlines under pressure to raise fares

Posted on March 5, 2016March 8, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Nigerian airline operators are under immense pressure to raise airfares due to the sliding of naira, which further crashed to N280 to a dollar yesterday. The naira had traded at N375/$ on Monday, but exchanged at N390 to the greenback last Friday. Before airlines can raise fares, they would need to get permission from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and convince travellers who are already shunning air travel and taking to road travel on…

Airlines block seats, tickets sale in dollars

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

International airlines operating into Nigeria have begun the blocking of seats on their flights in a bid to create an impression they have full flights. This new system provides opportunity for the carriers to maximise profits, thereby forcing desperate travellers to pay more for the same seats that ordinarily should cost less. This is coming at a time the carriers; particularly European carriers that ply Lagos, Abuja from London and Amsterdam have perfected this…

Union faults NAPIMS on stoppage of Bristow’s contracts over crash

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

*We are committed to safety-Airline In response to the call by Nigeria’s National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), a corporate services unit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for the termination of Bristow Helicopters contracts in the country following the emergency landing of a Bristow-operated Sikorsky S-76C++ helicopter on Feb. 3, 2016, aviation union has called for restraints. NAPIMS stated that the fatal accident and recent incident have called into question Bristow’s maintenance and…

Union threatens strike over merger of NAMA depts.

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has issued a notice of warning to the management of Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to embark on full scale strike over the proposed merger Automated Information Service (AIS) and Communications departments by the agency. The union which kicked against the merger yesterday embarked on a warning strike to press home their demands and called on the management to jettison the plan. The management had called for…

Three Nigerian airlines now IATA certified

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

*IATA regional director visits NCAA Three Nigerian airlines have successfully obtained International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit Certification. They are Arik Air, Aero Contractors and FirstNation. Those on the verge of attaining IOSA certification include Allied Air and Cargo services, Overland Airways and Dana Air. While Air Peace has done its last workshop, the carrier is about to be audited. The IATA Operational Safety Assessment (IOSA) certificate is issued to airline after…

Expert seeks fresh policy to grow aviation

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

A former Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Roland Iyayi has advised government to enact policies that would support the growth of the sector, including the establishment of a strong national carrier like the liquidated NIgeria Airways. Iyayi however bemoaned the low passenger traffic, stressing that Nigeria currently boasts 15 million travelling passengers out of a population of 170 million which accounts for only 10 per cent. Due to cash crunch…

International, domestic traffic to powers Middle East growth, says IATA

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Aviation growth in the Middle East has been so impressive; few regions of the world can match it. In the last decade, travel to from and within the region has quadrupled earning the region the title of today’s aviation crossroads. Thanks to aircraft like the A380, the A350 XWB, the A330 and A330neo, now well over 90% of the world’s population can connect via the Middle East. Latest estimates say aviation supports two million jobs…

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