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 […]
Aviation industry experts have said that ground-handling companies at the nation’s airports lose about $28,350,000 (about N14, 175 billion) annually to inappropriate pricing of their services. Thus, experts have warn that if the current rates charged airlines by the handling companies; foreign and local, are not reviewed, the ground handlers may go under, while safety […]
Stakeholders in Nigria’s aviation industry have drawn attention to the comparatively low charges by ground handling services, saying that such low charges could compromise safety and operational standards. The industry insiders said that the massive drop of ground handling charges from $1,139 to only $400 on a Boeing 737 aircraft (narrow body airplane) or its […]
Baggage handling workers have been fingered in the stowaway incidents at the nation’s airports. Security experts at the airport hinted that investigations into the recent stowaway incident involving an Arik Air aircraft revealed that insiders aid stowaways. A man who stowed away in Arik Aircraft was found dead in the flight shortly after it arrived […]
