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AIR RAGE BY WOLE SHADARE As I scanned through the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport last week, I felt the impact of the chaos gripping the aviation industry on a personal level as to the reason aviation labour unions see the sector as a soft target to compel employers and the government to listen to their demands by unilaterally shutting down the aviation industry. The industry has witnessed numerous demonstrations by labour unions…

A presentation by the Director of Safety Electronics and Engineering Services (DSEES) on the SBAS Flight Demonstration at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on February 1st,  2023. Overview Over time navigation has always relied on ground-based navigational aids. But with the advent of satellite navigation adopted by ICAO (GNSS), the scenario began to change. Due to errors inherent in the GPS constellations, the raw navigation signal from the satellites was not accurate enough to provide…

I once said in my reaction to the speculation that Ethiopian Airlines comes as a partner of the good choice for Air Nigeria and now that it is officially confirmed, my position remains the same. Since the issue of Air Nigeria ” TO BE OR NOT TO BE ” has been laid to rest, given govt insistence to do so, my endorsement is based on the need for the success of any new start-up Airline…

Your Aviation Metric news release of Wednesday, June 1, 2022, refers. “Foreign travel syndicates rip-off Nigeria with SOTO ticket sales. The big travel agents like Satguru, Waheguru, Blueberry, and others, particularly based in India and Southeast Asia take advantage of the relative ease in ticket issuance through APG IET and other Global Distribution Systems (GDS) like Amadeus, Galileo, and Sabre among others issue what is generally known as Sold Outside Tickered Outside (SOTO)will incur additional…

The strong but reassuring leadership of Capt. Musa Nuhu keeps Nigeria’s civil aviation on course with the just concluded 7th African Indian Ocean (AFI) Regional Meeting in Abuja. By Sam Adurogboye   “In a gentle way, you can shake the world” –  Mahatma Gandhi. Permit me to start this conversation with a reference to the statement credited to Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most iconic leaders who ever lived. While this is in no way…

Passengers to remain in self-isolation until test proves negative Gives condition to transit passengers   For one year, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) engaged in a battle for supremacy. Their ‘bitter fight’ over flight rights and COVID-19 testing morphed into a battle for supremacy in the aviation industry. While the UAE insisted on Rapid Antigen tests for its passengers, the Nigerian authorities insisted on PCR testing that it believed showed more accuracy in testing for…

Nigeria seems to be gradually waking up from its slumber. The country had for too long gone asleep when it comes to aero politics and had failed abysmally to up the ante when it comes to looking bigger nations in the eyes in the area of Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) Nigeria has with other nations. Bilateral agreements are air service agreements between two countries that provide different degrees of freedom of the air, which are…

Africa has the smallest number of air passengers, accounting for roughly two percent of global passenger and freight traffic. That small number is predominantly driven by international tourism – which is the number one determinant of who leads the air travel business to/from in the continent. However, with Africa’s rapid population growth and improving incomes, the continent is projected to lead the near doubling of global air travelers to 7.2 billion by 2035, according to…

To our Father, Senior Brother and Friend The news of your demise came to us like a Bolt! You rose up from the ranks of your colleagues to become the Managing Director of Nigeria Airways in the mid 70’s. This, with your appointment as the Managing Director, you worked very hard and transformed the Airline which became comparable to other Airlines like Ethiopian Airline in Africa. You are a man of integrity and also well…

Last week’s intervention by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, in the conflict between the management of Air Peace and some of its pilot brought some respite into the local aviation industry as the sack earlier extended to the pilots and subsequent threat by the workers’ union to embark on strike would have led to another major crisis in the industry. Beyond the threat by the leadership of the National Association of Airline Pilots and…