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REVEALED: Middle East, Africa Airlines Have World’s Most Stressed, Despondent Pilots

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Job insecurity and worse employment contracts could cause pilot shortfall in the future if profession remains unattractive, says report Pilots flying for Middle Eastern and African airlines have some of the highest stress levels in the industry and are some of the most despondent crews in the world, according to a new survey published as the pilot unemployment rate hits 30 percent. The COVID crisis has wreaked havoc across global aviation markets causing thousands…

Emirates cancels Lagos, Abuja flights

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Cites operational reasons Emirates Airlines which got its suspension upturned by the Federal Government of Nigeria over issues relating to COVID-19 test few hours after it fell under government’s hammer has cancelled today’s flights to Lagos and Abuja. The airline in a notice to its trade partners said, “We wish to inform you that LOS-DXB (EK784) and ABV-DXB (EK786) flights scheduled for Saturday 06 February 2021 that have been cancelled due to operational reasons. DXB-LOS (EK783) and…

UAE backs down, FG lifts suspension on Emirates

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn the requirements for Rapid Antigen Testing (RDT) prior to departure of Emirates flights from Nigeria with immediate effect until such a time that the required infrastructure is made available by the Nigerian government. This came few hours after the Federal Government in a show of strength barred Emirates from operating to Nigeria. For what it described violations of its directives on testing of departing passengers, the Nigeria Civil Aviation…

Pressure as FG bars Emirates from Nigeria

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 by Wole Shadare

FG, Emirates hold talks Passengers from Nigeria who had been booked on Emirates flights to Dubai received the news of the suspension of Emirates from Nigeria to Dubai with so much apprehension and confused on their next line of action. The news of the action of the Federal Government led to calls to the airline and travel agents just as the UAE/ Emirates Airlines and the Federal Government were said to be holding crucial talks…

Kenya Airways: From grace to near insolvency

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Kenya Airways, once the pride of Africa and one of the continent’s leading airlines, is struggling. The company has recorded more than eight-year consecutive losses; the result of a poorly managed expansion strategy. The airline’s fleet shrunk while expansion has been drastically cut to stem cash burn. The carrier, before the coming of Emirates and Qatar to Nigeria over a decade ago, operated to East Africa, Middle-East, and to Europe. In fact, it was the…

Narrow-body aircraft as strategy for Nigeria’s airline industry recovery

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Narrow-body aircraft like Embraer 195-E2, Embraer 147, ATR aircraft series, Bombardier Q400 among other smaller aircraft sizes are set to spearhead Nigeria’s airline industry’s recovery over the next decade as airlines adjust their fleets and operating models for a squeezed travel market. The serious impact of COVD-19 is forcing Nigerian airlines to re-strategise as big is no longer desirable to them. The country’s airlines have taken the decision to reduce their fleet size or change…

COVID-19 Travel restrictions: Politics or necessity?

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 by Wole Shadare

It is no longer news that COVID-19 has had negative impacts on air travel globally. Measures like rapid tests are being carried out by airlines. Restrictions and boarder closures have been seen. Are the travel ban/ restrictions necessity or mired in politics, asks, WOLE SHADARE Off guard The COVID-19 pandemic caught many airlines by surprised. Not a few of them predicted the huge impact border closures and restrictions would have on the burgeoning global aviation industry….

Travel agents in disarray over UAE ban of transit passenger to Dubai

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Action put pressure on travellers-NANTA President President, National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Mrs Susan Akporiaye said travel agents are disturbed by the latest covid 19 protocols from the Dubai airport Authority, requesting that Nigerian passengers to undergo a rapid response covid 19 antigen test before departure to Dubai. She also expressed shock at the insistence that Nigerians bound to Dubai must fly only Emirates airlines, foreclosing and boxing out transit routes opportunities into…

Nigerians, airlines fret as UAE bars transit transit flights to Dubai

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Passengers on Egypy Air, others stranded Fares may skyrocket over limited capacity The United Arab Emirates may have clandestinely killed competition as the country has effectively shut transit flights from Nigeria to Dubai. Only direct flights originating from Nigeria are now permitted to fly directly into UAE. Aside that, many Nigerians who had booked flights to Dubai through Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Cairo, Kigali and other European destinations are cut in the web of the new…

Disruptions impact Africa’s air connectivity

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The air transport industry in Africa has experienced a number of major disruptions over the last few decades, including health and economic crises that temporarily set back the industry. But none was as devastating as the COVID-19 pandemic, which struck at a period that hit projected 150 million passengers in the continent. The COVID-19 pandemic, which began as a localized disease in late 2019 degenerated into a global pandemic early in 2020, setting off frenzied…

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