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COVID-19 Costs Travel, Tourism Sector $4.5trn

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The travel and tourism sector lost almost $4.5 trillion last year as a result of the scourge, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council’s annual Economic Impact Report (EIR). The annual EIR from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global travel and tourism private sector, shows the sector’s contribution to GDP dropped 49.1 per cent, this compared to the overall global economy which dropped by just 3.7 per cent last…

AFCFTA: NANTA To Promote Intra African Tourism Trade

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The projected 3.4 trillion dollars Gross Domestic Product ( GDP) rated Africa Continental Free Trade Area ( AFCFTA) Initiative has gotten a buy- in of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA). The initiative is to be facilitated through aviation collaborations with four major African indigenous airlines, Kenya Airways, Egypt air, Ethiopian Airlines and Rwanda Air. With expected liberalized free trade and duty free enabled goods and services regime across African borders despite challenges…

Bad weather: Kano, Kaduna bound flights diverted

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Inclement weather on Monday forced aircraft to be diverted from Kano and Kaduna airports to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Many prominent Nigerians who were billed to attend the 12th Bola Tinubu Colloquium could not travel by air. Many of them went by road for the much advertised event scheduled for Kano. The Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) however cited adverse weather condition as the reason aircraft could not operate to the city and…

The Future Of Codeshare Agreements In Aviation

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Linus Benjamin Bauer, managing director of Bauer Aviation Advisory, describes how airlines must work together in order to achieve a strong recovery. According to him, various carriers across the globe are looking ahead and seeking new and more effective approaches to rebuilding their airline networks in the future. Low-cost carriers and full-service network carriers with hub-and-spoke networks alike, he reiterated are establishing tactical partnerships to shore up their connectivity to key destinations and broaden their…

Reps to probe N4b bailout to airlines as carriers petition National Assembly

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The House of Representatives has concluded plans to take a holistic look into the complaints by airline operators and other stakeholders on the handling of COVID-19 aviation palliative with a view to ascertaining how the money was shared. There are indications that airlines that were sidetracked from the disbursement may have petitioned the National Assembly in a bid to know the modality applied that excluded them from the bailout fund. Chairman, House Committee on Aviation,…

NLC to ground Turkish Airline over severe violation of workers’ rights

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The lingering face-off between the representatives of Nigerian workers, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Turkish Airways assumed another dimension as the workers’ union has concluded plans to picket the airline over alleged violations of workers’ and trade union rights. Consequently, the NLC has arrived at a decision of the NEC of Congress to picket the airline Tuesday March 30, 2021. The union in a schedule of the exercise stated that the action would…

Africa records two crashes, no hull loss jet accident in 2020-IATA

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Global accidents decreased from 52 in 2019 to 38 in 2020 Airlines based in sub-Saharan Africa experienced six accidents last year, two of which were fatal, both involving turboprop aircraft. This is the same number of fatal accidents that occurred in 2019, nevertheless the fatality risk increased owing to the fact that there were fewer flights last year. There were no hull loss accidents involving jet aircraft in 2020. The International Air Transport Association…

“Aviation Industry’s Response To Crisis ‘Too Timid’

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The aviation industry’s response to the COVID-19 crisis has lacked vigour, according to a panellist speaking at the Arab Aviation Summit on Monday, who described industry efforts as “timid”. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) must step up its communications efforts, provide common guidelines and rally all industry stakeholders to boost confidence in the aviation sector, the panel concluded. Sunil John, communications expert and founder of ASDA’A BCW, said the aviation sector’s current challenges cannot…

Vaccination card as passport to ‘freedom’

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Proof of vaccination may allow us to begin resuming our normal activities in the near future. Even so, the COVID-19 vaccination card is hardly the first of its kind. Some countries, for example, require proof of vaccination for yellow fever, and many public and private schools require that the children enrolled be fully vaccinated. Photos that display the COVID-19 vaccination card like a badge of honor have been making the rounds on social media for…

Azman: Nipping Disaster In The Bud

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Wole Shadare

No doubt, in many climes, especially Africa, civil aviation authorities face enormous pressure, particularly from powerful airline operators, politicians and within the system itself. Ability to withstand such pressure would readily stand the country’s civil aviation authority out and guarantee air safety. WOLE SHADARE writes that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is on the right path to saving the industry from avoidable accidents as Azman and other operators have a penchant for compromising safety…

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