Airlines

Arik Air Partners Hospitals for Humanity on Children Heart Surgery

Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading airline has announced its collaboration with Hospitals for Humanity in a remarkable initiative aimed at providing about 150 Nigerian children with free open heart surgeries annually. As part of the collaboration, Arik Air is providing flight support to Hospitals for Humanity’s medical missions to Nigeria. These missions bring together volunteer paediatric […]

Aviation

Cross River to Train 100 Aviation Professionals

Cross River State government has concluded plans to train about 100 of its indigenes as aviation professionals at the Lagos Aviation Academy (LAA) ahead of its unveiling of additional aircraft to its airline, CallyAir. The State Commissioner for Aviation, Capt. Imah Eno Utum disclosed this when he made a notable visit to Lagos Aviation Academy […]

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Keyamo Urges Stakeholders to Encourage Youths to BuildCareer in Aviation

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, has urged aviation industry stakeholders to take it as responsibility to make Nigeria youths embrace aviation and develop their career in the sector. He said this would ensure a sustained supply of skilled manpower into Nigeria’s aviation sector to address the critical challenges of an aging […]

NCAA

ARCO Gets NCAA Drone Pilots Training Permit, to Cut Capital Flight

ARCO Worldwide Services Limited (AWS), one of Nigeria’s commercial drone operations pioneers, yesterday in Abuja obtained a Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA’s) certificate to run the ARCO Aviation Academy (AAA) With this development, AAA became Nigeria’s first NCAA-certified Approved Aviation Organisation (AAO) dedicated solely to drone pilot training. The Managing Director of AWS, OkosubideMozimo, who […]

AIRSPACE

$300 Landing Charge: Despite FG’s Directive, NAMA Stops Helicopters from Taking-off

Contrary to the aviation minister’s directive that new $300 landing levies be collected from oil and gas companies, instead of airlines, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) yesterday stopped helicopter operators providing shuttle service to oil and gas companies from taking off, demanding payment invoice from them. Few years ago, NAEBI Dynamic Concept Limited received approval […]