AFTER yesterday’s helicopter crash in Kaaba, Kogi State, involving Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, management of Caverton Helicopters have said that relevant authorities have been informed of the crash and that a probe has been instituted. Managing Director/Accountable Officer of Caverton Helicopters, Capt. Josiah Choms, relevant authorities to investigate have been informed and that the airline will...
SOME unions and other stakeholders have aired varying opinions on the proposed increment of the Passengers Service Charge (PSC) collected by Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Three aviation unions in the country have thrown their weight behind the proposed increment which was revealed in a daily last week quoting a reliable source and stating that...
NIGERIAN Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) has charged government to commence employment of at least 50 Air Traffic Controllers annually to ensure that there are adequate controllers manning the air spaces across the country. This is just as the body explained that it needs an additional 700 controllers to boost its existing 400 members manning various...
INFORMATION uncovered by Nigerianflightdeck.com indicates that the withdrawal of Air Traffic Services from the Osubi Airport, Warri by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)would have been avoidable as there was communication between the operator, Shoreline Oil Services limited and Shell Petroleum Development Corporation ( SPDC) who sold the airport to them. Nigerianflightdeck.com also learnt that the...
The police on Friday arraigned four clearing agents before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a 40ft container containing five cars at Tin Can Island Port, Apapa, Lagos. The clearing agents are Stephen Okwuemu (27), Bolaji Manuwa (48), Augustine Manuwa (46) and Dele Ipinumidun (41). They are facing a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy...
APM Terminals Maasvlakte II has set up a new rail shuttle to the Cabooter Terminal in Venlo. Under the new schedule, a total of three trains will be loading and unloading at this terminal every week. The trains will carry both import and export cargo. The new initiative doubles the number of rail connections between...
OVERLAND Airways Managing Director, Captain Edward Boyo and former Director General of Institute of Directors, Mr Victor Aderenle Banjo have aired contrasting views over why the lifespan of airlines in Nigeria is short. They gave their views separately at the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative Quarter 4 2018 Quarterly Business Breakfast Meeting with the theme, ”Short...
As industry brainstorm on lifespan of Nigerian airlines INDUSTRY players have reacted to the suspension of the national carrier project ‘Nigeria Air’ with a seeming general consensus that the airline was never meant to fly as it was ‘conceived on power point, shared on Adobe and died on Twitter’ These players made this known at the...
In last couple of years, Nigeria’s Maritime Sector consciously began to move from operating a core analogue system to a digital one. As much as this metamorphosis is applauded for the many advantages of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), one wonders how aware the sector is of the challenge of cyber vulnerability. ICT is the...
The Nigerian maritime sector is being repositioned to take a leading position as one of the viable alternate sources of revenue for growing the economy, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President who was the Special Guest of Honour at a public book presentation titled: Harnessing Nigeria’s Maritime Assets – Past, Present and Future,...