ICAO Council Elects Nigerian Representative as Second Vice President

  The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council has elected Nigerian Representative, Captain Musa Nuhu as the Second Vice-President of the Council during the last meeting of the recently concluded 211th Session of ICAO Council on Friday 30th June at its headquarters in Montreal, Canada. Also, the Council elected Mr. Tee Chiou Ng, the Representative […]

Why Experts Fear Airlines May Compromise Safety in Nigeria

Although Nigerian airlines have not recorded any major accident in the last three years because of what aviation experts attributed to properregulation by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), there are renewed fears that some domestic carriers may compromise safety. This, according to some experts was because the airlines have not really imbibed the safety […]

NCAA, ICAO Train Safety Inspectors on AOC Certification

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in collaboration with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has trained and endorsed 20 Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASI) of the regulatory body. In a statement signed by the spokesman of the agency, Sam Adurogboye, NCAA said the Government Safety Inspectors (GSI) Airworthiness course is to ensure airworthiness inspectors are […]

Governments Need to Support Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 73rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) approved a resolution calling for governments to implement policies to accelerate the deployment of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). The Resolution also reaffirmed the industry’s commitment to work with governments to implement the Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) global CO2 emissions agreement. […]

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Firms in Talk with FG over Plan to Assemble Aircraft in Nigeria

Austria aircraft manufacturing company, Diamond Aircraft Industries in collaboration with indigenous company, Interjet Nigeria Limited are in talks with the federal government on their plan to establish aircraft assembly plant in Nigeria. When established, the assembly plant will cater to the West African market and beyond. Diamond Aircraft Industries is an Austrian-based manufacturer of general aviation aircraft and motor gliders. […]