The four major challenges bedeviling aviation industry, which have been identified as high cost of aviation fuel, depleting fleet of domestic airlines, aircraft maintenance facility and paucity of foreign exchange, can be addressed through collaboration between government and the private sector. The popular adage that no airline in Nigeria can succeed without government support literally […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu has said that the Civil Aviation Act 2022 would help strengthen the power of NCAA as regulatory agency, as it has removed encumbrance clauses that complicate the oversight function of the authority against the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Federal […]
Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has denied the allegation that its members defrauded government aviation agencies like the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) of over N19 billion while converting same to personal use. In a statement signed by AON Vice President […]
As Nigerian airlines continue to suffer economic decline, as a result of growing challenges emanating from high price of aviation fuel, naira depreciation, high cost of maintenance and scarcity of forex, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has moved to stabilise the airline sub-sector in order to ensure continuous safety. The move, THISDAY gathered, would […]
Germany-based mega carrier, Lufthansa may cancel about 800 flights as its pilots begin strike today. Reuters reported that this was disclosed by labour union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), which stated that the pilots would lay down tools due to escalation of an ongoing wage dispute that would further plague a summer of travel chaos.The union, Vereinigung […]
