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Fahari Aviation Participates in Kenya’s First National Wildlife Census

Posted on June 19, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Fahari Aviation, a subsidiary of Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways PLC has participated in the Tsavo Ecosystem Wildlife Census that took place between June 11 and June 18 2021. This entailed the deployment of Fahari Aviation’s drones and crew to pilot the use of drones in the ongoing National Wildlife Census exercise that aimed to establish a national baseline of wildlife populations and their distribution in Kenya. The census was coordinated by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and…

Green Africa pushes resumption to July

Posted on June 19, 2021June 23, 2021 by Wole Shadare

At a joint meeting between top officials of the regulatory body and senior executives of Green Africa, it was concluded that the airline’s Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) will not be available till July 2021due to unforeseen circumstances. Babawande Afolabi, Founder and CEO of Green Africa said, ‘This is certainly a bump in the road, and we are mindful of the impact especially on our customers and other stakeholders. However, we are confident of the NCAA’s…

Battle of wits ends as UAE lifts travel ban on Nigeria

Posted on June 19, 2021June 21, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The United Arab Emirates may have blinked following the standoff between her and Nigeria over modalities for PCR tests and rapid test as the country has lifted a travel ban on Nigeria, India and South Africa. A message from the Dubai Media Office said passengers from Nigeria are expected to have received a negative result for a PCR test taken within 48 hours before departure. Passengers are also expected to present a negative PCR…

How I went through the process to build MMA2 from scratch, says Babalakin

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN) is a Nigerian businessman, lawyer and philanthropist. He is Chairman of Bi-Courtney Group of companies, amongst them Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2) which is the biggest privately built airport terminal in Nigeria. In this interview, Babalakin speaks on he build the MMA2 from scratch and secured concessioning of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway among others. Excerpts The MMA2 terminal regarded as the best run terminal in Nigeria has generated so much controversy with back…

7Star Hangar plans $1b annual capital flight reduction, NCAA grants firm MRO certificate

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Invests $10 million on equipment, tools, training The Nigerian aviation industry is on the verge of witnessing a boom in terms of aircraft maintenance that could save the country and the entire West African region over $1 billion annually in ferrying aircraft offshore on different types of aircraft checks. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has granted 7Star Global Hangar Ltd, an Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) to operate an all-inclusive Maintenance Repair and Overhaul…

NCAA cautions pilots, others over hazardous weather during rainy season

Posted on June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has cautioned all pilots over severe thunderstorms and other hazardous weather which hamper flight operations especially now that raining is here. This warning is a follow up to the Advisory Circular (AC) with reference no AC: NCAA-AEROMET – 31 addressed to all Pilots and Airline Operators and signed by the Director General, Capt. Musa Nuhu. This is coming on the advent of the Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP) released by…

Return Of In-Flight Catering As Burden To Airlines

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Wole Shadare

In-flight catering that was suspended in the wake of COVID-19 has returned. It brings to the fore the overstretching of airlines’ finances and, at the same time, trying to abide by regulatory directive, WOLE SHADARE writes Going back memory lane The first airline meals were served on a Handley-Page flight from London to Paris on October 11, 1919. They were pre-packed lunch boxes at three shillings each. United Airlines is the first airline to install kitchens…

Emirates reports first ever loss in 33 years

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Emirates reports its first ever loss in 33 years. It announced an AED 22.1 billion ($6 billion) Group loss for its financial year 2020-2021 on June 15. The airline branch contributed to this loss with AED 20.3 billion. Emirates is giving no guidance on its current financial year, but aims “to recover to our full capacity as quickly as possible.” With its financial year running from March to March, Emirates suffered all the pain from…

Airlink Launches J/burg-Entebbe Service

Posted on June 10, 2021June 23, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Airlink, the independent Southern African regional airline, will add another new route to its expanding intra-Africa network in the coming weeks with the launch of its Johannesburg-Entebbe service. Flights on the route will operate four times a week from July 19, 2021, connecting with Airlink’s domestic and regional network to and from various Southern African destinations. “Entebbe, which is situated on the shores of Lake Victoria, serves Kampala, which is Uganda’s economic and trading hub,…

Appraising airlines, intra-Africa market hiccups

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated global aviation. The fallout is being severely felt across the African continent, writes WOLE SHADARE Negligible impact Even before the pandemic, only 9% of the continent’s air traffic was between African countries themselves. It’s common to hear stories that the fastest, easiest, and sometimes cheapest way to fly within the continent is via one of the big hubs in Europe or the Middle East. It’s no surprise that intra-regional African traffic…

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