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RwandAir Football Club Visits Lagos For Novelty Match

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The official Football team of Rwanda’s National Airline, RwandAir FC, was in Lagos, Nigeria for a football exchange tournament among Corporate Companies with Shell Petroleum Development Company Football Club (Shell FC) and Northern Foreshore Estate Football Club (NFC FC). Mr. Muhamud Wayiga, the Country Manager of RwandAir, Nigeria, was on hand to receive the team upon arrival in Lagos. He said, “The background to this initiative began in 2019 when Shell Football Club travelled to…

Dana Air Bags Award for Corporate Sustainability

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Multiple Award-winning airline Dana Air has bagged the Honorary Award for Corporate Sustenance at the 9th edition of the Aviation Workers’ Week and award night held recently at Shehu Musa Yar Adua Centre, Abuja. The award which was presented to the airline by comrade Hector Nnadi, President -of – Council is powered by the Joint Consultative and Negotiating Council of the Ministry of Aviation in recognition of Dana Air’s Corporate Sustenance in the Aviation industry…

High Costs As Albatross To Air Travel In Nigeria, Africa

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Frequent air travelers within Africa agree that the cost of air tickets is too high. So serious is this issue that top African aviation stakeholders met penultimate week in Abuja to discuss factors responsible for the high cost of airfares and to come up with suggestions on how to address such factors, writes, WOLE SHADARE Panic response At the just-concluded National Aviation Conference organized by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) held in Abuja penultimate…

Experts, stakeholders meet to chart roadmap for Africa’s air transport sector

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Experts and key stakeholders from African air transport, trade, and tourism industries converged in Nairobi from 27 June – 01 July at the first-ever African aviation laboratory to develop roadmaps for the sustainability of the air transport sector in Africa. Led and hosted by African Airlines Association (AFRAA) in collaboration with the African Aviation Group (AAIG), the laboratory’s deliberations were grouped into five projects dedicated to seeking out-of-the-box solutions on specific subject areas, including fuel…

Walsh: Bailout for aviation sector not sustainable

Posted on July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Willie Walsh is the Director-General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the clearing house for more than 200 global airlines. The aircraft pilot, administrator, and a former CEO of British Airways speaks to WOLE SHADARE at the end of IATA’s 78th AGM which ended in Doha, Qatar on the slow recovery of African carriers after the COVID-19 pandemic, myriads of problems confronting the aviation sector in the continent and how they can get out of the…

Ministry shortlists bidders for airport concession, hosts bidders conference

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The Federal Government is inching toward its airport concession dream as the Ministry of Aviation, disclosed that in line with the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (establishment, etc.) Act, 2005 the Request for Proposals (RfP) phase of the Nigeria Airport Concessions programme (NACP), commenced on June 1, 2022, shortlisted bidders have since been notified in writing and via the transaction portal (http://www.nacp.aviation.gov.ng/). The RfP stage of the programme according to the spokesman for the Minister of…

Dana Air Introduces More flights on Lagos Abuja routes

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Wole Shadare

One of Nigeria’s leading carriers, Dana Air, has introduced additional flights on its Lagos and Abuja route network. The airline in a statement said the introduction of the additional flights was strictly based on popular demand, the desire to meet the growing demand, and the need to follow through with its strategic route expansion. ”The additional Abuja to Lagos flights will operate at 12:40 pm, 7 pm, and 8.10 pm, while the Lagos to Abuja will…

New EU guidelines, requirements for inbound air shipments take effect March 1, 2023

Posted on June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 by Wole Shadare

The European Union (EU) has set a new guideline for freight forwarders, airlines, express couriers, and post operators on the shipment of air cargo. With effect from March 1, 2023, all the firms transporting goods to or through the EU (including Norway and Switzerland) would be required to submit advance cargo information in the form of a complete Entry Summary Declaration (ENS), under the second phase of the EU’s new customs pre-arrival security and safety…

Nigeria Among Nations With High Airport Charges, Taxes

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria, Liberia, and six other countries are among the top list of African countries with high airport taxes. Others are Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Bangui, Sierra Leone, Republic of Congo, and Niger It was revealed that these airport taxes were as high as some European countries that have met stiff resistance from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Not pleased with this, the Airports Council International (ACI)’s World Director-General, Luis Felipe de Oliveira, has hit back…

Airlines Progress Beyond COVID-19 As Soaring Jet Fuel Price Slows Recovery

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Wole Shadare

Revenues are rising after the COVID-19 restriction was eased. People are returning to air travel. WOLE SHADARE writes that the challenge for airlines now is how to keep costs under control Nigerian airlines are most unlikely to return to profitability year. This is not peculiar to the nation’s carriers as many carriers in many parts of the world are witnessing serious hiccups. Only a few markets, like the United States and some parts of Asia…

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