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N10.4b tickets sold by foreign, domestic airlines in 6 months-NCAA Nigeria prepares for global aviation safety audit March 2015 15 nations to sign BASA with nation Wole Shadare As haven for air transport investment, a total of 15 countries have so far indicated their preparedness to sign Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with Nigeria. When concluded, these carriers can begin reciprocal air transport services between Nigeria and these nations. Also, 13 others are on the…

Bird strike menace in aviation is universal. It has no respect for airspace boundaries, airport locations, phase of flight, aircraft type, season of the year or aircrew’s experience, writes WOLE SHADARE It is on record that for the past quarter of a century, airlines suffered from the phenomenon of bird’s strike, which is yet to be resolved. Operators lost millions of dollars over the years. Burden to operators An airline operator with one of Nigeria’s…

* Gives Dec 2016 deadline for installation The Federal government has concluded plans to install a full motion flight simulator to be built at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The facility which would help to train pilots and earn revenue for the country will be ready by December 2016, according to Rector, Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Capt. Samuel Caulcrick.   Caulcrick told woleshadare.net that the manufacture of the equipment for the installation…

By the time airports in Bayelsa, Ekiti, Abia, Osun and Ogun states are completed; some states would have invested over N150 billion on aerodromes that may not significantly improve their economies. Some of them that have been inaugurated are currently unviable as they witness little traffic. The Federal Government had disclosed plans to construct five domestic airports in the capital cities of Bayelsa, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa and Ogun states. Virtually all the airports, including the…

Before Fastjet launched low-cost flights between Harare and Dar es Salaam last year, Zimbabwean businessman Jonathan Jabangwe had to brave a three day bus journey to meet his clients in Tanzania. Fastjet is among a wave of low-cost airlines launching or expanding operations in Africa as they seek to capture middle-income people who are tired of dangerous road journeys but cannot afford major international carriers. According to Reuters, the new airlines hope to undercut larger…