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TRIBUTE FROM W.T. FAMILY TO CAPT. THAHAL

Posted on September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 by Wole Shadare

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…

Editorial: Of Pilots’ Agitations, Intervention And Reality

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Wole Shadare

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…

Is Evacuation Replacing Commercial Flights?

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Wole Shadare

By Dr. Gabriel Olowo I am perturbed with the endless Flight Evacuations before & during Covid19 plague these past 6 months. I am particularly worried why Evacuation flights is seemingly replacing Commercial flights after the new travel protocols have been established, all stake holders have complied with international set rules and people love to travel for various reasons. Tickets are presently sold higher and above regular commercial rates. To those of us…

“FG’s flight restrictions: A ruse?

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by Wole Shadare

The plan by the Federal Government to contain the spread of Coronavirus and social distancing through flight restrictions may not yield the desire result as charter flight services are going on as usual. Aside the usual charter flight services, commercial airline operations are still on-going under the guise of ‘emergency’ flight services. Not a few believe that the total lockdown of some states in Nigeria especially in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State is a…

Enugu airport: Rectifying rot six years after

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Wole Shadare

The Enugu airport is in total mess. There is nothing ‘International’ about it. Renovations by past Ministers of Aviation were a huge scam on the people. WOLE SHADARE writes that the aerodrome needs lasting solution Decrepit facilities It is common knowledge that the deplorable state of public facilities in Nigeria poses great concern to stakeholders. Facilities at Nigeria’s airports, hospitals, schools and roads among others, would give indication that the society lacks an agent that would have…

Editorial: Nigeria’s porous airports

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria, again, opened itself negatively to the global community about a week ago when a foreigner, precisely a Nigerien, was seen crawling out of an aircraft engine that was settling for take-off. The experience, which caught passengers and crew by surprise, no doubt, added to the myriad of embarrassing and episodic surprises the country has continued to export to the outside world. All over the world, save for some third world countries, tight security is…

National carrier: Dream coming alive again

Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 by Wole Shadare

The decision by the Federal Government to earmark N8.5 billion for national airline in this year’s budget suggests that the dream for a national carrier could well be alive, WOLE SHADARE reports Despondency The news of suspension of planned national carrier for Nigeria by the Federal Government late last year jolted a lot of people, who felt that Nigeria has again truncated a great opportunity to bequeath to the country an airline that would…

NEW FACE OF NIGERIAN AIRPORTS – THE UNSUNG HEROES

Posted on December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 by Wole Shadare

By Muan E’mbe Success, an English proverb goes, has many fathers while failure is an orphan. Nothing exemplifies and illustrates this saying more than the euphoria that attended the commissioning of the new terminal at Port Harcourt International airport, Omagwa, Rivers state by President Mohammadu Buhari on October 25, 2018. As I pen this article, Abuja is similarly agog with frenzy as President Buhari, once again mounts the rostrum today, December 20th, 2018 to commission…

Opinion: Aviation unions: Is NCAA compromised?

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Wole Shadare

By Kabir Hadejia The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is the umbrella body saddled with the onerous task of regulating the country’s aviation sector. With this, the authority must both be technically and procedurally competent to handle any, or all the issues in the industry. Unlike the road transport sector that is an all-comers’ affairs because its regulations are not obeyed, making it to be in total disarray, leading to colossal loss of…

Editorial: Nigeria’s quest for national carrier

Posted on August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 by Wole Shadare

The establishment of a national carrier for the country, Nigeria Air, is in top gear as a result of repeated calls from a section of the society. Nigeria Air is scheduled to commence operations on December 19, 2018. The proposed national carrier targets 81 routes, comprising 40 domestic, regional and sub-regional and 41 international routes. In the early 1960s and 1970s, Nigerians took great delight in national companies like Nigeria Airways and Nigeria National Shipping…

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