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Aviation Agencies Groan under N45bn Debt by Airlines

  Aviation agencies, including Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), are unable to replace obsolete airport equipment, resurface dilapidated runways and provide other amenities to the airports, because of N45 billion debt owed by domestic airlines, THISDAY has learnt. THISDAY gathered that with […]

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Arik Air resumes Warri flights

Arik Air has announced the resumption of flight operations to Osubi Airport, Warri with effect from Friday, October 26, 2018 following the reopening of the Airport closed on September 3, 2018 by Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). Arik Air operates two daily flights from Lagos to Warri and one flight from Abuja to Warri. All […]

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AIB releases four accident reports, issues safety recommendations to FAAN, NCAA

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released four accident and serious incident reports, which occurred in the country between July 2004 and August 2015. This is as Engr. Akin Olateru, the Commissioner of AIB said that the current administration has achieved 52.1 per cent on publication of accident and serious incident reports and 47.4 per […]

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Malfunctioning TRACON and Threats Nigeria’s Airspace

The Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria which plays significant role in the safety of Nigeria’s airspace is faced with inadequate maintenance thereby threatening its existence and jeopardizing the safety status of the airspace. About five months ago during the inaugural flight of Cameroon national carrier, Camair-Co to Nigeria, the pilot in command of the flight, […]