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Air Peace, Oshiomhole Crossfire: A Call For Caution

Posted on June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Former Deputy Secretary General of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) and aviation consultant, Alhaji Mohammed Tukur has condemned the raging arguments between Senator Adams Oshiomhole and Air Peace Airlines, describing them as unnecessary. Tukur urged the airline’s management to investigate Senator Oshiomohle’s allegations and take corrective action to prevent further escalation. “The airline has built a reputation as a responsible corporate citizen, often going above and beyond to assist stranded Nigerians back home free of…

Air Peace Makes Nonstop Flight From Abuja to St. Kitts, Expanding Africa’s Global Reach

Posted on June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria’s flag carrier airline, Air Peace, on June 12, 2025, made a non-stop flight to the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The service, arranged for a Pan-African business conference in the Eastern Caribbean, carried delegations from Nigeria, thereby underscoring the airline’s growing trajectory and strategic foray into the global market. The St. Kitts & Nevis flight is the airline’s third foray into…

Opinion: Senator Adams Oshiomhole, Air Peace, And The Rest Of Us

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The African Travel Commission [ATC] wishes to set the record straight regarding the unfortunate incident involving Senator Adams Oshiomhole, Air Peace, and several affected passengers; including myself, Lucky Onoriode George, Executive Director of ATC and an award-winning journalist [the first and only Nigerian recipient of the prestigious European Commission’s Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalists Reporting on Human Rights and Development, awarded in 2006]. I, along with seven other passengers, was booked on the 6:30 a.m….

Dissecting Africa’s aviation resilience amid challenges

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The 81st International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting in New Delhi, India may have come and gone, Africa’s aviation took the centre stage and came under scrutiny as the event highlights growth potential, opportunity and challenges, writes, WOLE SHADARE Crossroads, challenges Last week, the 81st International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) press conference in New Delhi, India, highlighted key insights into the continent’s aviation landscape, revealing promising opportunities and formidable barriers. With…

Amid Keyamo probe, Air Peace, Oshiomhole rift deepens

Posted on June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 by Wole Shadare

AON backs airline, They have to defend themselves, says Senator Nigerian travellers extorted daily by carriers-George While the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has ordered aviation agencies to investigate the incident involving Air Peace and former Edo State Governor, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport domestic terminal on Wednesday, Airline operators of Nigeria (AON), the umbrella body for some airlines in Nigeria and Oshiomhole have continued to engage in brickbats,…

Africa, Middle East record lowest mishandled baggage numbers

Posted on June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Global traffic increases 8.2%, mishandled luggage drops to 6.3% The Middle East and Africa’s air transport sector kept pace with global passenger surges in 2024, achieving remarkable baggage results despite increasing system demands. According to the newly released SITA Baggage IT Insights 2025, the region maintained one of the world’s strongest performances, reporting 6.02 mishandled bags per 1,000 passengers, slightly up from 4.5 in 2023, but still among the best worldwide. The global picture…

NCAA backs solution to resolve travel challenges

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has endorsed the unveiling of a client-based solution unveiled by a consortium to resolve challenges associated with travel, in particular re-protection for passengers triggered by operational, weather-related related and other infractions. The new solution, “Introducing Propel Re protection System”, is a unique tech-powered platform designed to help Nigerian carriers re-protect passengers when flight disruptions occur. According to the promoters Propel Reprotection, happens easily and airlines can effect passengers’ transfer…

Passengers stranded as Air Peace closes counters, airline, Oshiomhole clash

Posted on June 11, 2025June 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Scores of Air Peace passengers were left stranded on Wednesday in Lagos as the airline closed its counters to passengers, it claimed had arrived late for check-in. Abuja-bound passengers who claimed to have turned up for boarding earlier than the stipulated 45 minutes’ appearance at the counters before departure were denied boarding. The denial to process them for the flight that departed a few minutes before 7 am was said to have angered the…

Airlines reel under persistent supply chain challenge

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Chief Executive Officer of United States mega carrier, United Airlines, Scott Kirby lamented the incalculable damage the supply chain challenge has done to the entire aviation industry, stressing that he doesn’t know of any industry that has had as big a supply chain challenge as aviation coming out of the pandemic He further stated that many workers retired, noting that it will still take a while for the entire aviation supply chain to recover fully….

Kirby: We Are Excited About Our Business In Africa Despite Slow Aircraft Delivery

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Wole Shadare

United Airlines’ Chief Executive Officer, Scott Kirby, in this interview with WOLE SHADARE at the unveiling of the airline’s United’s Polaris Studio suites in New York, United States, speaks about $150 million in inflight meals, excitement about its operations in Africa, supply chain crisis and how to make the carrier the biggest in the world. United’s Polaris Studio suites you are unveiling today are not only innovative but also creative as they give premium travellers a new…

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