The federal government has directed the Nigerian Immigration Service, the Nigerian Customs Service, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to intensify security at the nation’s borders and the airports to prevent the movement of alleged members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from gaining […]
Former Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr Harold Demuren has indicated readiness to present a paper on the forthcoming seminar on aviation organised by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC). Demuren who is set to present a paper on ‘Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Financing Option for Nigeria’ said his […]
The European Commission has banned 119 airlines from flying to any EU member country for safety reasons but has cleared all air carriers from Indonesia from the EU Air Safety list. This means that all airlines from Indonesia certified to operate international routes are free to fly to Europe. The Commission has also introduced a […]
Women from South Eastern Nigeria have called on the nation’s major carrier, Air Peace to quickly launch its international operations, saying they would mobilise their members and other air travellers to patronise the airline on all its long-haul routes. The women said that they support indigenous airlines to airlift them to various international destinations as […]
The Aviation Round Table (ART) a think-tank organisation in the aviation sector made up of industry experts, has urged the federal government to review upwards the minimum number of aircraft required for commercial airlines from the current two to between 10 and 20. The body said that this would enable the airline operate with high […]
