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Chanchangi Airline founder dies at 80

Posted on April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Capt Ore, others pay tribute One of Nigeria’s wealthiest airline owners, Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi is dead. He was 80 years old. He was chairman of Chanchangi Airlines, one of the domestic airlines that dominated the Nigerian aviation industry and was reputed to be the biggest airline in the late 2000. The Taraba-born, Kaduna based billionaire died along Kaduna-Abuja road while on his way to a hospital in Abuja this morning. The late businessman was said to…

Domestic airlines resume services to Abuja airport

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Overland, Medview, Dana Air, Air Peace, and Arik Air have resumed scheduled services to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja following the completion of the rehabilitation of its runway and subsequent re-opening of the airport for commercial flights and other ancillary services. Dana Air’s accountable manager, Mr. Obi Mbanuzuo said in Lagos that the airline would operate five daily flights from Lagos to Abuja.’ He urged the airline’s customers to take advantage of its low…

MMA2 @ 10: Lessons for private investors

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Wole Shadare

By Steve Omolale The 16th American President, Abraham Lincoln, once said, “It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.” Come May, this year, Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos, which is a product of the courage to dare to do right, will be 10 years old and it will roll out the drums, blow the trumpets amidst pomp and colours to celebrate this landmark anniversary. This…

Abuja airport reopening shows the can-do spirit of Nigerians-Minister

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Wole Shadare

The timely completion of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway that paved the way for the re-opening of the airport, after a six-week closure, has shown the ability of the Buhari administration to rise up to any occasion, irrespective of how daunting the challenge may be, according to the Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.In a statement issued in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia yesterday and made available to Woleshadare.net by Minister’s Special…

Abuja airport reopening shows the can-do spirit of Nigerians-Minister

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Air Medical Group Holdings Agrees to Acquire Air Medical Resource Group

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc. (AMGH), a leading medical transport and emergency medical service provider, has agreed to acquire Air Medical Resource Group (AMRG) of South Jordan, Utah. AMRG has operations in 15 states, including Alaska and Hawaii. Lewisville-based AMGH already has hundreds of critical care aircraft in operation. With the acquisition of AMRG it will add 62 bases and new geographies to its customer service footprint. “AMGH is delighted to add AMRG’s…

NiMet DG Advocates Better Use of Climate Information In Agriculture

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Wole Shadare

The Director General of Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Prof. Sani Abubakar Mashi, has advocated better use of climate information in agriculture if Nigeria is to rebuild the sector and make it sustainable. Mashi made this recommendation, while presenting a paper titled Agrometeorological Service Delivery forSustainable Agricultural Development in Nigeria to participants of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) No.39, 2017 Programme at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Plateau state. Mashi noted…

Is Arik slipping into oblivion?

Posted on April 18, 2017April 19, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Government is at a crossroads on what to do with Arik Air, having injected N1.5 billion since it took over the carrier. It’s time to take far reaching decision on the airline’s future, writes WOLE SHADARE Arik on life support For those who don’t know, Arik Air is currently dying a slow death and here are some of the signs. The airline has just five aircraft from the over 29 it acquired when…

Ethiopian Airways’s A350 aircraft lands in Abuja.

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Ethiopian Airways has shown commitment to the Nigerian market by being the first commercial aircraft to land in Abuja six weeks after the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport was closed for repairs. The aircraft touched down at noon today amid fanfare, signalling the commencement of flight operations to the city. The airline was the sole international airline that offered to relocate its Abuja flights to Kaduna while airlines like Lufthansa, BA, KLM, and…

First aircraft lands in Abuja weeks after runway repairs

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Breaking news: The first aircraft has landed on the N5.5b rehabilitated Abuja airport runway. The airplane belonging to The Nigerian Police with registration 5N-HAR airlifted the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika to the airport from Kaduna at 11.05am. Ethiopian Airways is expected to land at noon. Sirika said he was happy that the project finished in record time. Detail shortly

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