Nigerian airline operators warned that they may face more hurdles, following the recent increase in the cost of aviation fuel from N900 to N1, 300 per litre. The operators said air travellers were already complaining bitterly about the current airfare that is compelling many of them to seek for alternative means of transportation. Airline operators […]
Few months after the major incident of contaminated aviation fuel involving one of the domestic carriers, Max Air, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended all non licensed oil markets and others with expired license from operating and fueling aircraft at any of the nation’s airports. Series of meetings were held between NCAA and […]
Contaminated fuel in the aviation sector may become a major threat to air safety in Nigeria, if stringent measures are not taken by the concerned regulators. Watching the Max Air aircraft, Boeing B737-300 with registration mark, 5N-MHM, being discharged of water from its fuel tanks was really horrifying, as petrified potential air travellers continue to […]
The reality of the prevailing dire situation in the Nigerian aviation sector, which manifested in the withdrawal of services by Aero Contractors last week and the suspension of Dana Air operation by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, over its poor financial status, is an indication that unless aviation authorities act swiftly, the fate that befell […]
*Price of Aviation Fuel May Rise to N1000 Per Litre The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that Nigeria spent N292.56 billion in the importation of aviation fuel, known as Jet A1 in the first three months of the year – January to March 2022. Oil and gas industry publication, Sweet Crude Report stated […]
