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Air Peace Celebrates Ike, First Woman To Travel by Air in Her Community

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Wole Shadare

In a deliberate attempt to humanize air travel and demonstrate the power of aviation to transform lives, Air Peace, Nigeria’s foremost airline and the largest carrier in West and Central Africa, has brought to the limelight the inspiring story of Gold Chinyere Ike, the first woman in Umuerim Umukparo in Mbala, Umunneochi LGA, Abia state, to board an aeroplane. Her maiden flight with Air Peace has since captivated hearts across social media, becoming a symbol…

NANTA holds summit to tackle travel trade hiccups

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria’s biggest travel trade professionals body, National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) will on Wednesday deliberate on key efforts geared towards institutionalising protective measures to insulate and deflate the strange travel trade market viruses troubling the sector and also create opportunities to share and spread prosperity to its members. The association which was recently readmitted into the fold of global travel trade industry association, the United Federation of Travel Agents’ Associations (UFTAA), whose President, …

Aligbe: Nigeria big enough to harness global air travel potential

Posted on January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Chief Executive of Belujane Konsult, Mr Chris Aligbe, said Nigeria is big enough to have three big and formidable airlines that can be either privately owned or government-backed carriers to harness air travel potentials for the country. He noted that the country needs a national flag carrier to strengthen Lagos or Abuja as a hub, stressing that no private airlines have ever built a hub. Aligbe He cited countries in Africa like Ethiopian Airlines,…

Gambia to leverage Nigeria’s population to grow travel, tourism

Posted on December 30, 2024December 30, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Gambia’s Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure, Ebrimah Sillah said his country is leveraging on Nigeria’s huge population and the love of travel by Nigerians to rebuild its hospitality and tourism sector. He explained that the hospitality industry in The Gambia was very strong until COVID harmed the sector as the country was badly affected and the travel sector nosedived. Sillah and Boyo He spoke to Aviation Metric during Overland’s inaugural flight to Banjul, The…

Record 5.2 billion people to take to air travel, airlines’ revenue to hit $1 trillion in 2025-IATA

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced its financial outlook for the global airline industry in 2025, with the group saying that total industry revenues are expected to be $1.007 trillion, representing an increase of 4.4% from 2024. This is the first time according to IATA that the industry revenues top the $1 trillion mark, while expenses are expected to grow by 4.0% to $940 billion. According to a paper presented by the IATA…

Reduced travel signals airlines’ struggle

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Air travel is one of the barometers to gauge the health of a nation. Whenever a country is doing well, it will reflect on the number of people that travel by air, writes, WOLE SHADARE Nigerian aviation is not a stand-alone. It is part of the bigger economy of Nigeria and contributes to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Aviation is the quickest barometer to check any economy. A visit to some of the airports particularly the…

Fleet depletion, capacity cut, reduced travel put airline business on edge

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The vacuum created by the temporary absence of some carriers has created capacity issues for other operators, writes, WOLE SHADARE Scaling down While airlines are scaling up and acquiring aircraft by way of expansion, the country’s airline industry has taken a hit; no thanks to the downturn in the economy and the purchasing power of many Nigerians. Gone are the days when the middle-income earners could afford to engage in luxury and by extension see air…

Dubai braces for high-season travel surge

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Dubai International Airport (DXB) is gearing up for a significant increase in passenger traffic as the summer travel season approaches its peak. The airport is set to welcome over 3.7 million travellers between June 12 and June 25, with daily traffic averaging 264,000 passengers. The busiest day is anticipated to be June 22, with over 287,000 travellers expected. To ensure a smooth travel experience, DXB aims to expedite passenger formalities, allowing travellers ample time…

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….

Why it’s so expensive to travel in Africa

Posted on February 13, 2024February 13, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Have you ever wondered why flying within Africa is more costly than out of Africa? Well, we all have, at a certain point got bothered by the appallingly hiked air ticket fares in this region, writes, WOLE SHADARE Privileged reserve of the affluent Air transport is considered a privilege reserved for the affluent in Africa. This reminds many of an almost similarly ridiculous situation in the early 90s when mobile phones were getting on the scene…

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