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Foreign airlines cut staff strength in Nigeria

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Wole Shadare

*Travel industry rakes in $2.0b in 2015 *Decries state of airports Following the harsh operating environment, some foreign airlines are cutting down on their staff strength while others are said to reducing the number of flights coming into the country. The National President of NANTA, Alhaji Aminu Agoha told woleshadare.net that the alarming and dangerous situation needs an urgent attention, adding that the travel industry is fast losing revenue while travel agencies are closing shops….

Nigeria’s clean bill on audit despite glaring defects

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Wole Shadare

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…

We welcome competition on Kaduna route, says Medview chief

Posted on March 15, 2016March 15, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Medview today extended it wide route network as the airline flagged off its operations to Kaduna. Fielding questions from reporters at the Kaduna Airport, Executive Director/Head of Engineering, Alhaji Lukman Animashaun said the decision of the airline to expand its network to Kaduna was to ease the pains of travellers in that axis. He said, “The flight is billed to depart Lagos by 7.30 am and arrive Kaduna at 8.30 am,…

Foreign airlines’ dominance hurts Nigerian carriers

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Wole Shadare

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…

Delta expands wings to North America, others via codeshare with Jet Airways, KLM

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Delta Air Lines has entered into a codeshare partnership with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Jet Airways to provide convenient connections for passengers to and from key destinations across North America to the Indian Subcontinent via Amsterdam. Effective March 27, 2016, Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, will launch daily non-stop flights from Amsterdam to each to its hubs in Mumbai and New Delhi. These will complement KLM’s daily flight between Amsterdam and New Delhi….

Emirates rolls out activities for Festival of Literature

Posted on March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Emirates will be once again actively engaging the visitors of this year’s Emirates Airline Festival of Literature with imaginative on-ground experiences that merge family fun with technology. Lewis the Lion and Leila the Camel mascots with Emirates Cabin Crew Take a photo with the ‘cut out’. Dina Al Herais – VP Commercial , VIP Customer Relations said: “People are constantly interacting with technology, and this year we wanted to connect with visitors in innovative…

NCAA concludes safety oversight as ICAO begins audit

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Muhtar Usman stated that the aviation regulatory body has done an analysis of its safety oversight establishment has been done including a review of the implementation of Annexes’ provisions. Usman stated this at the opening ceremony of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme for Nigeria at the NCAA Headquarter Annex. Providing a background to the ICAO USOAP, he disclosed that the…

RANS S-20LS Raven gets FAA factory built approval

Posted on March 13, 2016March 13, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The United States apex aviation regulatory body, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has signed off, and RANS Designs will now supply the Raven, factory-built and ready to fly, with engines from 80 to 180hp, as a SLSA. The S-20LS Raven carries pricing starting at $119,000. The SLSA Raven is already in production, with an order book that’s filling fast. And, like its Experimental-category sibling, the S-20LS doesn’t lock buyers out of the options book. Panels…

New pact, airports completion to boost traffic in Q4-FAAN

Posted on March 13, 2016March 13, 2016 by Wole Shadare

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has predicted a significant upsurge in passenger, cargo and aircraft traffic by last quarter of this year. The expected traffic is also going to be boosted when most of the terminal and other related projects at these airports would have been completed and commissioned. Spokesman for FAAN, Yakubu Dati stated that with improvements in terminal and airside facilities at these airports, a number of local airlines in the country…

Nigeria to face ICAO test as four man team arrives

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria, yet again undergoes the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) as a four-man team from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), has arrived Nigeria to commence the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP). Sam Adurogboye, NCAA spokesman said during the Audit, following areas will be concentrated upon: Legislation (LEG), Organisation (ORG), Accident and Incident Investigation (AIG), Air Navigational Services (ANS) and Aerodrome and Ground Aids (AGA). The Auditors, who will be working with the…

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