Domestic airlines said that the recent Value Added Tax (VAT) waiver given to them by the federal government estimated to be about N50 billion annually would give them relief financially, provide them fund for aircraft maintenance, create more employment in the sector and lower air fares. The airlines said increased passenger movement in the domestic […]
*Says It cannot be Derailed by Blackmail The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has reaffirmed the sanctity of the recently released statistical data on the aviation industry on passenger traffic and revenues earned by both domestic and international airlines. Last week during a presentation at the Aviation Round Table (ART) breakfast forum in Lagos, the […]
Domestic airlines have complained so much about their operations. They always accuse government of lack of support, the high cost of insurance premium, the fluctuating prices of aviation fuel and inadequate infrastructure, including having airport runways without airfield lighting, lack of adequate boarding gates at major airports and high airport charges and taxes. But despite […]
Following reports that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has threatened to bomb flights at different parts of the world, the writer says that Nigeria must reinforce its security apparatus to forestall possible attacks at any of the nation’s airports Aviation experts have posited that terrorists prefer attacking airports and airplanes because it […]
Air safety may be threatened as findings have shown that some of the pilots sanctioned by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) indulged in banned drugs while on duty. THISDAY gathered that random checks carried by the regulatory authority revealed that despite warnings to pilots and stringent regulation against the use of illicit drugs, some […]
