Stakeholders have called for the expansion of airport infrastructure to accommodate the growth taking place in the air transport sub-sector, especially after it has fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chairman, West-Link Airlines, Captain Ibrahim Mshelia joined other stakeholders and called on the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the federal government to […]
The Coronavirus pandemic constricted global economy, paralysed the aviation industry, but each country recovered according to the severity of the cases it had. Nigeria was one of the countries that recovered quickly from the pandemic and restarted its air transport after the lockdown. Chinedu Eze writes that after hiccups occasioned by high cost of aviation […]
With the dawn of New Year in the next 48 hours, aircraft engineers in the Nigerian aviation industry say that the greatest gift that could be given to domestic carriers is to have local maintenance facility that can conduct checks on at least 70 per cent of Nigeria’s commercial aircraft. To make this possible there […]
As the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) prepares for the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) audit, the agency has embarked on the review of the Civil Aviation Act to ensure it aligns with international standards and recommended practices. The Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) audit, conducted by ICAO, is an activity during which ICAO […]
The Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Max Air, Alhaji Bashir Barau Mangal is dead. Bashir, who was the younger brother of the business mogul and Chairman of Max Air, Alhaji Dahiru Bara’u Mangal, died in the early hours of Friday, in Abuja after a brief illness. The Late Mangal was described as a seasoned […]
