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It is becoming a routine without solution in sight. The incessant power outage at the Lagos airport and other major airports across the country is becoming embarrassing. I am sure many reading this article would say what is the big deal if the airports are without electricity considering the fact that many homes in Nigeria are without light? Many would have thought that the problem that started over four years has been resolved, but the…

Call it a case of dog eat dog and you will not be far from the truth. The on-going face-off that has pit the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), members of Air Transport Service Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the National Association of Air craft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has assumed a different dimension. But it is good to situate facts and try to call a spade a spade.   While NAAPE is holding…

Not many are impressed with the performance of Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika. They had bottled up their frustration over the drifting of the aviation sector. If one were to conduct a survey, it would be doubtful if the Minister would score 20 per cent in a performance-based rating. It took the courage of National secretary of Nigeria Aviation Professionals Association (NAPA), Abdulrasaq Saidu to bring to the fore the seeming apathy of…

  For a country the size of Nigeria, with a huge travelling population, the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos, Nigeria’s major gateway, is an eyesore. This is beyond the dysfunctionality of the structure and its atmosphere. Everything is wrong with the airport. Many feel that it is one of the most unfriendly airports in the world. It’s very unwelcoming to visitors, passengers and airline staff; and probably the operator. The remodeling exercise of the airports…

By the end of this year, Nigerian airlines are expected to spend over N560 billion for the maintenance cost of over 350 aircraft that are expected to go for both ‘C and D checks, woleshadare.net has learnt. And unless the Federal Government floats aircraft maintenance facilities, the country and airline operators would continue to lose several billions of naira to ferry their airplanes abroad for maintenance checks. In 2013, Nigerian airlines spent over $1.22 billion…

Following the crisis that has engulfed the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) over alleged N5 billion fraud and subsequent arrest of top officials of the agency, a coalition of Aviation Union and Professional association have called for the appointment of a substantive Managing Director for NAMA.   The group in a statement signed by its spokesman, Johnson Agbede and made available to the media stated that if urgent steps are not taken, this could adversely…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) yesterday, ordered all airlines operating the Sikorsky S76C series to carry out a safety inspection on this helicopter type with immediate effect. As an interim safety measure, the under-listed safety inspections affects all Sikorsky S76C series helicopters operating in Nigeria. The action requires that visual inspection be carried out in accordance with relevant S76C AMM 20-32-00, detailed inspection in accordance with relevant S76C AMM 66-00-00, and detailed inspection in…

Nigerian airline operators are under immense pressure to raise airfares due to the sliding of naira, which further crashed to N280 to a dollar yesterday. The naira had traded at N375/$ on Monday, but exchanged at N390 to the greenback last Friday. Before airlines can raise fares, they would need to get permission from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and convince travellers who are already shunning air travel and taking to road travel on…

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has issued a notice of warning to the management of Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to embark on full scale strike over the proposed merger Automated Information Service (AIS) and Communications departments by the agency. The union which kicked against the merger yesterday embarked on a warning strike to press home their demands and called on the management to jettison the plan. The management had called for…