Former Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Sule Ozenua has warned that subjecting critical safety issues to political debate would finally kill the beleaguered aviation industry and make Nigeria lose international ratings it has gained over the years. Ozenua advised the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, the […]
Closing the Abuja airport would not have been subjected to debate if the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority was allowed to carry out its responsibility without interferences This is the first time a critical safety decision on airport infrastructure is being subjected to political debate. Although the Senate, which opposed the closure of Abuja airport for […]
Nigeria has attained another high level safety rating which places it amongst the world leaders in aviation safety. The country climbed to Level 3 State Safety Programme (SSP) Implementation Process. Nigeria has therefore joined countries like the United States of America, United Kingdom etc in this echelon. This categorisation is dependent on the International Civil […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Muhtar Usman, said in this interview that the Authority has intensified surveillance of Nigerian airlines. Excerpts: There have been reports that NCAA diverts money meant for training for the building of your new headquarters in Abuja. Is this true? That is not true. First of […]
Nigerian airlines may be forced to stop operation if Lloyd’s carries out its threat to blacklist and downgrade Nigerian airlines over their inability to pay insurance premium. The airlines are already beset by paucity and high price of aviation fuel, low passenger traffic as well inability to obtain foreign exchange to meet their aircraft and […]