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Somalia drought: Turkish Airlines lends helping hand to cushion hunger

Posted on March 22, 2017March 22, 2017 by Wole Shadare

As part of its humanitarian gesture to ensure safety of lives across the globe and particularly across its countries of operations, Turkish Airlines has granted official consent for carriage of 200-tons of aid for the next six months to support the call to tackle hunger and drought in Somalia. The gesture followed the carrier’s listening to a humanitarian aid campaign that began on social media by a French social media star, Jerome Jarre, calling…

Ethiopian bags prestigious cargo airline award

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Africa’s most profitable airline, Ethiopian Airways has won ‘Cargo Airline Award for Network Development’ at the tenth anniversary of the Brussels Airport Aviation Awards held on March 9, 2017. The Network Development Awards are presented to airlines that have developed new routes or achieved a remarkable growth in passengers or cargo. As a result, the ‘Network Development Award Cargo Airline’ award was awarded to Ethiopian Cargo in recognition to the commitment of the airline to…

DANA AIR CRASH REPORT – HUMAN NEGLIGENCE NOT HUMAN ERROR

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Wole Shadare

By Group J.O OJIKUTU Within a couple of weeks of his assumption into office, the new AIB Commissioner surprised many stakeholders by releasing the long awaited Report on the Dana airline crash that had occurred in June 3rd 2012, nearly five years ago. Like many other air accidents before it, the Dana crash was one accident that its investigation had been unnecessarily delayed even when there were sufficient evidence in the Preliminary Report for…

41 Meridien Passengers stranded in Lagos, protest treatment

Posted on March 21, 2017March 22, 2017 by Wole Shadare

14 passengers lodge complaints with NCAA No fewer than 40 passengers of an Italian airline, Air Meridien were abandoned at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos by the airline. The passengers comprising males, females, children and minors were prevented from checking in by the airline ground staff, probably because of over-booking. But, the ground staff of the airline refused to communicate with the passengers on why they were not airlifted by the…

FG to relax rules, to issue visa to foreigners in 48 hours

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Wole Shadare

***To launch tourism development ***OBJ tasks NANTA on tourism The Federal Government has concluded plans to ease the difficulty of obtaining Nigerian visa for travellers willing to come to the country, adding that applicants would now get their visa in 48 hours. The disclosure was made by the Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed who was represented by the Acting Director-General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Dr. Paul Adalikwu at…

Nigerian airlines groan over 34 levies, taxes

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Nigerians are faced with 34 charges levied against them by government agencies and organisations in the aviation sector that have made the nation’s aviation rank among the highest taxed sector in the world, WoleshadareNews has learnt. A document made available to our correspondent by a source in the Ministry of Transportation indicated that the charges and levies are apart from the five per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) paid into coffers of the Federal Government…

Disecting accident reports on Dana, others

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Wole Shadare

The recent crash reports released by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has elicited reactions and issues especially on Dana Air crash, which AIB, the airline and stakeholders said was avoidable if the right things were done. WOLE SHADARE writes So long a wait The wait was long. Many had wanted to know what led to the crash of a Dana flight from Abuja to Lagos, which sad event occurred in the afternoon of Sunday,…

FG rakes in N35bn from aviation security levy on travellers

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Wole Shadare

There are indications that Nigeria earned over N335 billion last year from the $20 security levy imposed by government on travel four years ago, Woleshadarenews has learnt. International air travellers are asked to pay the amount at the height of Boko Haram’s rampage, which serves as funds that helped to fight the dreaded insurgents. The levy, which is collected on behalf of government by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), is remitted into a dedicated…

Wanted: Waiver for limited aircraft usage

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Getting Airline Operator Certificate (AOC) in Nigeria is as tough as allowing a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, especially for a new entrant. Experts said the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is so strict with the issuance of AOC while others have accused the aviation regulatory agency of not being thorough and diligent enough. WOLE SHADARE writes Highly capital intensive Airline is a high cash burn business. You spend close…

Firm restates commitment after Abuja Airport closure

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria’s foremost indigenous courier and logistics company, Red Star Express Plc has assured its clients and customers nationwide that the closure of the Abuja Airport will not affect its business. Abuja is a major destination for all courier business. Most packages emanate from Lagos and other economic cities such as Port Harcourt, Kano, Kaduna, Ibadan for next day delivery to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), while others transit through Abuja to core northern states….

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