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First Class travel is disappearing at a worrying rate. But in Nigeria, it is gaining strength, further typifying the craze by wealthy Nigerians to force carriers to retain the status symbol. In other climes, many travellers are shifting to Business Class, writes WOLE SHADARE  The changing times  If you’re keen to fly first class, good luck in finding a seat. Across the board, first class has been steadily disappearing from commercial jets. In the long…

       BASA signed to create opportunities for carriers The urge to forge ahead with the establishment of a national carrier has been attributed to huge vacuum left by domestic airlines since the demise of Nigeria Airways. Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this in a paper he made available to Woleshadarenews. The minister disclosed that no domestic airline has evolved to fill the vacuum left by Nigeria Airways since it ceased…

B/Faso joins race, AFCAC to present report Nigeria and Burkina Faso have become the latest African states to sign the memorandum of implementation (MOI) for the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), removing all bilateral restrictions on intra-African flights. African air-transport liberalization is based on the 1999 Yamoussoukro Decision (YD), which was signed by 44 African Union (AU) countries and became legally binding in 2002. However, many of the original signatories have since failed to…

     Akinkuotu: Agency constrained by funds Since 1998, it has been more of rhetoric than actualisation of yet-to-be-completed Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) automation and there are indications that it may remain so following delay in deployment of infrastructure. This was further worsened by the inability of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to clear the over N1 billion facilities that are still trapped at the seaport. Woleshadarenews learnt that the equipment purchased was brought into…

The Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Capt. Abdulsalami Muhammed has said that the management expects at least 1,500 guests for its maiden Open Day programme slated for Monday next week at the college. Muhammed also said that the essence of the programme was to sensitise the public on the activities of the college, saying that several students were ignorant of the opportunities that were abound in the sector. The programme…

Prince Saheed Lasisi (Group Executive Director, Business Development and Commercial) Prince Saheed Lasisi is an alumnus of the prestigious University of Lagos, where he graduated with second class honor, (upper division) in Accounting and obtained his Masters of Science Degree also in Accounting from the same Institution. He is a Fellow of the Institute Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. His 17 years work experience spans a broad spectrum of the Nigerian economy. He was the Group…

Minister sues for peace, invites unions Aviation unions today shut-down the offices of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) at the Lagos airport and other parts of the country in protest against the new organogram approved for the agency by the Federal Government. The unions are: Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE). Others are the Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and the…