That Bilateral Air Service Agreement with India

Recently the federal government signed Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with the Republic of India in order to deepen flight operations with the Asian country. This was disclosed by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika through his twitter handle, as plans to reach this partnership had been afoot in the last six months. […]

AON GETS NEW EXECUTIVE

Airline Operators of Nigerian (AON) has elected new executives at its 2016 Annual General Meeting in Lagos, January 11, 2017. The operators said in a statement that it now has new Executive Council in place to pilot the activities of the association for the next two years.  Captain Nogie Meggison, the Chief Executive Officer of […]

Aviation Agencies Accused of Charging Airlines Illegally

Domestic airlines have alleged that some of the charges levied on them by aviation agencies, which amount to estimated N10 billion per annum are arbitrary and illegal and therefore should be stopped immediately.   The airlines alleged that the agencies did not secure the approval from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) before introducing the […]

Liberalising Aviation through Legislation

Government’s lean resources have forced it to fully adopt Public, Private Partnership (PPP) to develop and manage critical facilities in the aviation industry. Over the years that the strategy was introduced there has not been any legislation to back it, so the decision is always at the whim of the ministers appointed by government to […]