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 The man, Umar Ahmed Farouk new NAMA boss

Posted on by Wole Shadare
 The man, Umar Ahmed Farouk new NAMA boss

  Umar Ahmed Farouk is the new Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). He is a multitalented, resourceful aviation industry professional with vast aviation expertise. His industry experience and pedigree acquired in more than 25 years of versatile work exposure, crisscrosses the aviation industry in Nigeria, the UK, Europe, and other continents the UK, Europe and Nigeria gives him hands-on operational, management, and top executive levels. Umar Ahmed Farouk has strategically grown…

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X-raying Tinubu/Keyamo’s sack of aviation agencies chief executives

Posted on by Wole Shadare
X-raying Tinubu/Keyamo’s sack of aviation agencies chief executives

The hammer eventually fell. It was long expected because that has been the practice all along that when a new Minister comes, he comes with his team, and people he believes can help him to achieve his dream of the assignment handed to him. On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu tinkered with the hierarchy of the leadership of the aviation agencies and approved the suspension, removal, and replacement of the following Chief Executive Officers under the…

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Gale of sack as FG removes FAAN, NAMA, NSIB MDs, suspends DG NCAA

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Gale of sack as FG removes FAAN, NAMA, NSIB MDs, suspends DG NCAA

President Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension, removal, and replacement of the following Chief Executive Officers under the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development: The managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed has been removed from office and replaced by Mrs. Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku as the substantive Managing Director of the FAAN. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Mr. Tayib Adetunji Odunowo has…

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Aviation to gulp N63 billion in 2024, Minister wants extra N81 billion for Abuja second runway

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Aviation to gulp N63 billion in 2024, Minister wants extra N81 billion for Abuja second runway

2023 budget performance put at 40% The entire budget of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development would gulp N63 billion while the performance of the budget of the Ministry last year was at 40%. The bulk of the budget is expected to go into critical projects such as the Abuja second runway; upgrade and rehabilitation of the old terminal of Lagos airport which the Minister, Festus Keyamo said were vital projects that need urgent…

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Keyamo: Concession not negotiable, passengers to get compensation for delay, cancellations Jan 2024

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Keyamo: Concession not negotiable, passengers to get compensation for delay, cancellations Jan 2024

Respite came on Tuesday for many passengers who had suffered huge losses and were frustrated as a result of flight delays and ccancellations as the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo stated that regulators of the aviation sector would begin to compel airlines to compensate passengers for delayed or cancelled flights by January 2024. This is coming as the Minister said that the best way to tackle infrastructure decay at many of the country’s airports is…

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Juxtaposing Europe’s airspace gridlock with Africa’s empty skies

Posted on by Wole Shadare
Juxtaposing Europe’s airspace gridlock with Africa’s empty skies

With European skies and airports resembling M25 at rush hour, airlines struggle to cope with congestion. It is an irony of some sort that while airspace in Europe is congested, Africa’s airspace is virtually empty due to so many factors that have stunted the continent carriers’ growth, Writes, WOLE SHADARE Focus When it comes to congestion, the focus is on Europe. Airspace and airports are clogged by the rising number of arriving and departing aircraft….

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16 African nations benefit from NiMet’s capacity building on early warning systems

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16 African nations benefit from NiMet’s capacity building on early warning systems

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has begun the training of 17 participants from 16 nations on the Early Warning System at the organisation’s Regional Training Centre (RTC). This is in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Opening the two-week program, Director General Professor Mansur Bako Matazu emphasized the theme “Early Warning for All,” targeting meteorologists and climate scientists across the sub-region. The NiMet DG expressed his joy for the capacity building, particularly in the…

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Foreign airlines at breaking point over $792million stuck funds, expansion threatened, may cease operations to Nigeria

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Foreign airlines at breaking point over $792million stuck funds, expansion threatened, may cease operations to Nigeria

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Thursday said international airlines whose total funds of $792 million are stuck in Nigeria are getting to a breaking point where they find it extremely difficult to expand their operations both in Nigeria and elsewhere. The IATA’s Regional Vice President Africa & Middle East, Kamil Al-Awadhi at a media presentation with African journalists at the IATA Global Media Day in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday called on the Federal Government…

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IATA: 25% loan interest, airlines’ insurance premium in Nigeria highest in the world

Posted on by Wole Shadare
IATA: 25% loan interest, airlines’ insurance premium in Nigeria highest in the world

Nigerian airlines set up to fail from start Why carriers are not profitable Wole Shadare, Geneva, Switzerland The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that 25% interest on loans which it tagged ‘ridiculous’, high airport taxes and insurance premiums which it said is six times more than anywhere in the world would do incalculable damage to aviation in Nigeria. IATA’s Regional Vice President Africa & Middle East, Kamil Al-Awadhi at a media presentation with African journalists…

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Allocate 30% renewable fuel output to SAF, IATA tells govts’, as Biofuel volumes grow

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Allocate 30% renewable fuel output to SAF, IATA tells govts’, as Biofuel volumes grow

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged governments to set a policy framework that incentivizes renewable fuel producers to allocate 25-30% of their output to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to meet the CAAF/3 ambition including existing regional and national policies as well as airline commitments. The association disclosed on Wednesday at the IATA Global Media Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. According to the clearing house for over 310 airlines in 2023, SAF volumes reached over…

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