The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has waded into the impasse between domestic airlines and aviation handling companies over the latter’s increase in the cost of their services, referred to as safety threshold. Indigenous carriers had hitherto kicked against the increase in the handling companies’ charges, insisting that such increase will increase their cost […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has announced that it would increase en-route navigational charges from N2,000 for local operation; N6,000 for international service to N18,000 and N54,000 per flight respectively leading to fears of further fare increase. The agency has also increased the extension of hours of service to airlines at sunset airports from […]
Airlines operators have called on the aviation agencies like the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to review the charges on tickets in order to bring down airfares, which according to them, has skyrocketed. The operators said due to increase in the cost of aviation fuel, which is […]
Aviation stakeholders under the aegis of Aviation Round Table (ART) have called for review of and education on charges, duties, Tariffs and Taxes which operators and others who use the airports pay to aviation agencies and other government organisations. This was contained in the communiqué issued after the breakfast meeting held in Lagos by the […]
Stakeholders in the aviation industry are convinced that if the right policies are put in place to address growth challenges, the aviation industry will double its current workforce, generate more businesses and up the country’s GDP. Many aviation industry players have said that the air transport industry in Nigeria lags behind in many ways, insisting […]
