Airlines

Air Peace Bags ICAN Achievement Award

Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace, has bagged another accolade for its game-changing milestones in Nigeria’s aviation sector. The airline clinched the Achievement Award in the Corporate Category at the 2024 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Awards and Annual Dinner, which held recently in Lagos. The award is in recognition of Air Peace’s top-tier […]

NCAA

NCAA Establishes Dedicated Unmanned Aircraft Unit

Recognising the growing significance of drones, the acting Director General of Civil Aviation Nigeria, Captain Najomo, approved the establishment of a specialised Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integration Unit within the NCAA. The unit aims to streamline the registration, licensing, and monitoring of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in Nigeria. By collaborating with aviation stakeholders, the […]

Airlines

Burden of Taxes on Airline Operators

There have been points and counterpoints why Nigerian airlines have short life span. Besides Aero Contractors, which was founded in 1959 as oil and gas shuttle service airline, there has not been any airline that has existed for 30 years besides Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL), which was liquidated in 2003, but in other countries, airlines […]

MMIA FAAN

Stakeholders Call for Urgent Rehabilitation of Lagos Airport International Terminal to Stop Incessant Fire Incidents

Stakeholders in the Aviation industry have called on the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to urgently rehabilitate the old international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMIA) Lagos, to avert major safety threats leading to incessant fire incidents at the facility. There have been fire incidents at the terminal including the incident in September […]