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Airlink steps up fight against multi-billion dollar illegal wildlife trade

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Airlink, the privately owned Southern African regional airline, will implement a company-wide programme involving training, new processes and supply chain interventions to identify and combat illicit wildlife trade. The illegal wildlife trade is valued between $50-150 billion (approximately between ZAR730 billion – ZAR2,19 trillion at current exchange rates) per year and is one of the five most lucrative global crimes. Illegal killing and trading of wild animals is a global crisis, with species being…

NCAA averts system disruption, ground handlers shelve strike

Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has prevailed on the Aviation Ground Handling Association of Nigeria (AGHAN) to put on hold its indefinite strike action slated for Friday which would have crippled both domestic and international airline operations in Nigeria. The strike would have had catastrophic effects on the entire aviation value chain at a period the sector is showing signs of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic if the aviation regulatory body had…

Nigeria’s Air Passenger Taxes Among World’s Highest

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Airlines want fossil fuel as alternative to aviation fuel 100 million litres of SAF produced in 2021 As airport taxes continue to soar coupled with the rising price of crude oil, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has expressed concerns over the twin issues that could slow down air travel recovery in an industry that has been ravaged by COVID-19. Worried by the situation, which makes airlines pass the cost of airport charges and…

4th National Tourism Transportation Summit To Leverage On AfCFTA Trade Regime

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The National Transportation Tourism Summit and Expo is instituted and convened by the Institute for Tourism Professionals of Nigeria (ITPN) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Tourism, the Federal Ministry of Transportation as well as the Federal Ministry of Aviation as an annual event that focusses attention on the inter-play and connectivity between tourism and transportation as well as to x-ray how comprehensibly the various stakeholders and key players in the two…

Ganduje gets NANTA’s Governor of the Year Award, promises more for tourism

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Umaru Ganduje has emerged the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) Governor of Year Award. He bagged the award for building stronghold support based on tourism infrastructure and providing effective security architecture. Ganduje, the first recipient of the NANTA Governor of the Year Award, beat other governors in Nigeria to the award by a poll in this category for creating an enabling environment for the growth of cultural tourism…

African airlines cargo volumes up by 34.6% in Sept

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Wole Shadare

African airlines saw international cargo volumes increase by 34.6% in September, the largest increase of all regions for the ninth consecutive month. Seasonally-adjusted volumes are now 20% above pre-crisis 2019 levels but have been trending sideways for the past six months. International capacity was 6.9% higher than pre-crisis levels, the only region in positive territory, albeit on small volumes. This is coming as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released September 2021 data for global…

Reps scrutinise AIB, NIMET budget, laud agencies on performance

Posted on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 by Wole Shadare

AIB’s N645 million training school 95 percent completed The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation chaired by Honourable Nnolim Nnaji has applauded two aviation agencies, Air Accidents Investigation Bureau, (AIB) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NIMET) for their 2021 budget performances. The committee gave the commendation during an oversight inspection visit to the agencies’ offices and their projects’ sites at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja on Tuesday. The oversight team led by the…

African Airlines ‘Right-Size’ To Prosperity

Posted on November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Africa is a region on the cusp of rapid economic expansion. Before Africa’s aviation market can grow to its full potential, however, airlines must address the weak points in their intra-regional operating models, writes WOLE SHADARE Dust settles The dust is still settling across the aviation landscape 19 months after the disappearance of passenger traffic and the retrenchment of airlines. Ultra-large capacity jets are in storage, some likely never to fly again. Networks and frequencies…

Aerodrome Safety: BASL launches FOD awareness initiative

Posted on October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the domestic wing of the Lagos Airport, the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) has launched a ‘Foreign Object Debris’ (FOD) awareness initiative at the terminal. The initiative, according to the Ag. Head of Business, Mr. Raphael Uchegbu, is a deliberate move to ward off potential dangers that FODs constitute to aerodrome operations. Uchegbu, who stated that FODs contribute to the damage or potential damage…

Runsewe, NIHOTOUR, others for NANTA eminent persons awards

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The Director-General, Nigerian Cultural Tourism Community, Otunba Segun Runsewe, says identifying and appreciating contributions of individuals and corporate entities in the industry has a deep spiritual meaning and helps to keep award recipients on their toes. “Who are mine”? Otunba Runsewe quoted Jesus Christ, who desired to know from his disciples if he is on track on his Spiritual mission on earth, as a classical example of how to truly assess persons called to…

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