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Could COVID-19 Spark Revival Of Fifth Freedom Rights?

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Fifth freedom flights would allow hubs carriers to consolidate their networks and boost revenues, says Linus Benjamin Bauer, Managing Director at Bauer Aviation Advisory Airlines have begun to ramp up network connectivity at any cost. For what has felt like an age, the roars of the engines are finally starting to be heard again. With airlines resuming operations, jostling for prime positions in their core markets, they are signalling to the world that they…

Nuhu: Nigerian Carriers Shortchange Themselves In Pact With Foreign Airlines

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Capt. Musa Nuhu has a very rich experience in global aviation and was recently appointed the Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. In this interview with WOLE SHADARE, the cerebral airline pilot, safety expert, quality assurance lead auditor and an artificial intelligence expert speaks on restrategising to reposition the country’s aviation sector, economic regulation of airlines for profit and survival. Excerpts How was your experience as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organisation…

Airline operators: Why we can’t join labour strike

Posted on September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have disassociated themselves from the planned industrial action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other organized labour to protest hike in price of petroleum and electricity tariff. The President of the Airline Operators of AON, Dr. Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, in a statement said that the association completely dissociates itself from the planned indefinite strike action called by Labour over the issues of Government’s…

FG puts $22.9m presidential plane up for sale

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Action to reduce cost of governance Four years after the Federal Government put two of its ten airplanes, a Falcon 7X and Hawker Sidley 4000 for sale, the government has again put up for sale a jet in the Presidential fleet, Hawker 4000 aircraft with registration number, 5N-FGX/: RC 066. The business-size jet which entered into service in December 2011, has capacity for 9 passengers and three crew. The Hawker 4000, originally known as the Hawker Horizon,…

Covid-19 Crisis: First Class Isn’t Dead Yet!

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Many First Class passengers are expected to make the leap to private jets in the wake of the pandemic, says Linus Benjamin Bauer, managing director of Bauer Aviation Advisory The current COVID-19 pandemic has sent shock waves through the entire aviation industry including the airlines with First Class offerings. It’s also not clear to what extent the premium market (First and Business Class combined), which generated 30% of airlines’ international revenues in 2019, can recover….

US Airlines Seek Fresh $25B Bailout Ahead Of Oct 1 Job Cuts

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Major U.S. airlines plan to make a last-ditch bid to persuade Congress to grant them a new $25 billion bailout to help avert thousands of employee furloughs set to begin October 1, even as a separate $25 billion in government loans for the sector sits untapped. The chief executives of American Airlines, United Airlines and JetBlue Airways and major aviation unions were scheduled to hold a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday afternoon calling…

We never imposed restrictive measures on int’l flights, France tells Nigeria

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Says Nigeria entitled to operate flights to Paris The French Civil Aviation Authority has explained that it never imposed restrictive measures on international to or from France but only on the passengers being allowed to disembark in France. It stated that such passenger restrictions apply to the vast majority of countries and apply to both foreign and French airlines without any discrimination. In a letter written to the Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority…

Reps wade into airports concession, meet unions

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 by Wole Shadare

The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation led by Nnolim Nnaji has stepped into the brewing labour crisis over the planned concession of four international airports across the country by the Federal Government. At a meeting with representatives of the unions at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja on Tuesday, the committee assured the workers that the concerns they hold against the concession would be critically examined and ensured that Nigerians are not in any way…

IATA Calls for Systematic COVID-19 Testing Before Departure

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Wole Shadare

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for the development and deployment of rapid, accurate, affordable, easy-to-operate, scalable and systematic COVID-19 testing for all passengers before departure as an alternative to quarantine measures in order to re-establish global air connectivity. IATA stated that it would work through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and with health authorities to implement this solution quickly. According to the clearing house for over 290 airlines, international travel is…

Bailout: Airlines’ Suspense Amid Uncertain Future

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 by Wole Shadare

Nigerian airlines are in endless wait for bailout many months after government made a promise to them. They needed it in the thick of COVID-19 but it never came. They need it now more than ever to save their companies, WOLE SHADARE writes The wait They have waited for so long but help seems not to be coming their way. They have weathered the storm posed by COVID-19. They have gradually left the pity party…

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