The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has advised pilots and airline operators to exercise caution over aviation hazardous weather in rainy season. This warning was contained in an Advisory Circular (AC) with reference no AC: NCAA-AEROMET – 33 initiated by the Directorate of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards (DAAS) addressed to all pilots and airline operators […]
Aviation unions have threatened to imperil Aero Contractors operations over the allegation that the management of the airline plans to sack 40 per cent of the workforce. The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) accused aero management of concluding plans to reduce the […]
Nigeria’s oldest carrier, Aero Contractors, is almost down but it has the potential to rise again and become one of Nigeria’s most successful carriers. Key factors are going in favour of Aero Contractors. These include invaluable goodwill, highly skilled manpower with experience, a training school and a priceless aircraft maintenance facility. What is going against […]
Aviation industry stakeholders have chided the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over what they described as the lack of effective economic regulation of Nigerian airlines. This, they stressed, is attributable the short life span of Nigerian carriers. According to industry analysts, the average lifespan of 10 years of Nigerian carriers is a s a result […]
The immediate past President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) and the Managing Director of Finchglow Group, Bankole Bernard has called on the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to strengthen its consumer protection department to protect travellers from exploitation by airlines. Bernard said that since the department was downgraded to a department […]
