Following the improvement in the Nigerian economy after the recession that hit the country, foreign airlines operating in the country sold tickets worth $700 million as at the end of August 2019, according to figures obtained from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The data represented a significant increase in ticket sales compared with the […]
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika said he would relocate to Enugu to directly supervise the rehabilitation of the Akanu Ibiam international Airport, which he said would be ready in April next year. Sirika during the Aviation Ministry’s budget defence on Tuesday told the House Committee on Aviation that the airport would be reopened […]
THE International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has appointed a Nigerian, Charles Irikefe Erhueh, a safety investigator with Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), as the new Commissioner of the Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency (BAGAIA). According to a statement from the spokesman of AIB, Tunji Oketunbi in Lagos yesterday, Erhueh was picked after a thorough recruitment […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) commended the significant progress made by governments at the 40th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Environment was at the top of the agenda, and after some robust discussions between states, there were two critical outcomes: The ICAO Council will report to the next Assembly on options […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said it will commence the demolition of telecommunication masts of network providers and financial institutions in different locations across the country for failing to comply with Aviation Height Clearance (AVH) regulation. In a statement yesterday by NCAA’s spokesman, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, the agency said the demolition exercise would […]
