Bernard Archives - Aviation metric

Airlines debt crisis triggers safety concerns, Bernard urges NCAA financial audit

Posted on September 17, 2026 by Wole Shadare

Group Managing Director of Finchglow Holdings, Mr Bankole Bernard, said the piling up of debts by airlines and the crisis between the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the carriers over withholding of Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) and Cargo Sales Charge (CSC) was a sign that the airlines are in the red. He urged the aviation regulator to compel carriers to open their books to scrutiny by submitting their financials to the NCAA, warning that…

Bernard fulfils ambition, enhances aviation manpower development with new LAA’s facility

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Wole Shadare

For years, Bankole Bernard’s ambition was to bequeath to Nigerians aviation training institution that would help to boost or increase the manpower development of the country’s aviation industry as the older ones are gradually giving way to younger professionals that are poised to take the sector to greater heights. Bernard’s ambition which he secretly nursed after he visited the International Air Transport Association (IATA) opened his eyes to the fact that Nigeria with its over…

Bernard: My journey into the travel business world

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Bankole Bernard, the Group Managing Director (GMD) of Finchglow Holdings is an unassuming personality and one who ventured into the travel industry to not only change the narrative but to leave a lasting legacy for generations unborn. Bernard was so passionate about the aviation and travel sector that he left a lucrative banking job to take a plunge into an unfamiliar terrain which has seen his little beginning transform into a conglomerate of monumental proportions….