BOEING B777-200ER Aviation

Air Peace Denies Crew Absconded from Quarantine Facility

The management of Air Peace has denied that three members of its flight crew have absconded from the quarantine facility provided by the Lagos state government. Air Peace was referring to the flight crew that operated the flight that airlifted medical supplies and Chinese personnel, operated by Boeing B777-200 ER (P4 5-NBVE), which arrived the Nnamdi […]

Delegates at the Conference Aviation

COVID-19: ICAO Urges Countries to Review Flight Restrictions

*Emirates Shuts Down Passenger Service March 25 as Turkish Reschedules Flights *Cargo Flights for Medical Supplies Part of Emergency, Essential Flights   The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has reacted to the decision of many countries to close their borders to passenger flight operations and has urged states to review all restrictions to flight operations, […]

Akinkuotu Aviation

Controllers Call for Human Capital Development

Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) have said the major reason why there is inefficiency in the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is due to the paucity of technical personnel, insisting that the parastatal has failed to adequately train the core staff of the organisation over the years. The controllers expressed fear that the widening training gaps […]

Musa Nuhu Aviation

As New NCAA Boss Takes Over

By February, the newly appointed Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, will take over the management of the regulatory agency. President Muhammadu Buhari had submitted his name to the Senate for confirmation. In his request from the Senate for Nuhu’s conformation, Buhari had said, “Captain Musa Shuaibu Nuhu […]

NCAA Aviation

‘Why NCAA Autonomy Should Be Enforced’

Some officials of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have said interferences in the operations of the agency have eroded its autonomy and oversight responsibilities. An official who spoke to THISDAY on the condition of anonymity said there has been increasing interference in the operation of the NCAA as a regulatory agency. This the source […]