The National Assembly has revealed that it is working on a bill that will make it compulsory for commercial airlines in Nigeria to start operation with four to five aircraft, which is lower than six aircraft, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) stipulated as the minimum equipment for new entrants into the industry. This was […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has assured that the planned amendment bill on the Act establishing the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) would enhance increase in the agency’s revenue base. The Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji gave the assurance during the committee’s oversight visit to the agency’s headquarters at the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu has assured the flying public that Nigerian airlines are safe, insisting that there is no cause for alarm. Captain Nuhu reacted to the reports credited to the Chairman of Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi who was quoted as having warned […]
There are two key issues stopping more Nigerians from travelling by air. One is low purchasing power of average Nigerian and two is relatively high cost of air ticket. Currently the number of Nigerians that travel by air is lower than one per cent of the projected 200 million population; so if five per cent […]
In the last few months, the National Assembly has raised concerns about the state of the aviation industry. But despite the efforts to draw the parlous attention to the Nigerian authorities, their solutions appear to have fallen on deaf ears. About two months ago, the House Committee on Aviation came to Lagos on a fact-finding mission, to […]
