The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) have concluded plans to eliminate multiple checkpoints where security operatives and passengers interface during the screening of international travellers at Nigeria’s airports. Security operatives like the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) and the […]
It has come to our attention that certain online publications have misrepresented comments attributed to our Chairman, Dr. Allen Onyema, regarding the slot allocation process at Gatwick Airport for the upcoming Winter season. To set the record straight, Dr. Onyema did not make any allegations of ‘dirty tricks’ during his recent address at the 48th […]
Many aviation insiders believed that if public servants are forced by law to patronise Nigerian airlines while travelling overseas, it will keep in the country huge amount of money that would have been otherwise repatriated by foreign airlines. Industry observers believed that such revenues would have strengthened domestic airlines that operate international routes and reduce […]
Recently, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo acknowledged in a television interview that there is inherent corruption in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority. The Minister is however aligning with the new NCAA’s management to stamp out corruption. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, in a recent interview with a […]
Nigeria may lose over 1.1 million barrels of oil per day (mbd) if helicopter operators carry out their threat by grounding operational activities in response to the newly imposed charges on their operations by the federal government through the Ministry of Aviation. A recent memo by the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, directed helicopter […]
