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 […]
The President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council, Dr. Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu has said that the international organisation is focusing on airport infrastructure in the next three years, 2017-2019 to ensure that member countries have developed airport infrastructure, which would enhance safety, security and comfort of passengers. Dr. Aliu, who is a Nigerian, in […]
Despite the seemingly tight security at the nation’s airports, incidents of stowaways and other illegal infiltrations to supposedly secure areas of the airports are on the rise. The report last Wednesday of a dead body found in the wheel-well of Arik Air aircraft on arrival in Johannesburg at the South Africa Airways Technical maintenance at […]