The trend is beginning to change for Nigerian airlines as they begin to acquire brand new fleet, which saves fuel, has less maintenance cost and improves safety with hi-tech advancement. At the on-going Dubai Air Show, two Nigerian carriers, Ibom Air and Overland Airways have ordered for brand new aircraft from Airbus and Embraer respectively, […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has denied giving approval to any other airline in the country to sell non-refundable ticket to passengers. The General Manager, Consumer Protection of the agency, Kalu Anaso, told THISDAY in an exclusive interview on Wednesday that NCAA does not give approval to airlines to sell non-refundable tickets to passengers. […]
THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened to start dismantling some telecommunication masts belonging to telecommunication companies, especially Globacom Limited in various locations across the country over failure for the network provider to pay N5.9billion renewal fees for aviation height clearance to the agency. NCAA may have been spurred by a directive from the […]
Aviation labour unions have been fighting themselves over the plan by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to issue Air Operator Certificate to start-up carrier, NG Eagle. While some of the unions insisted that the new airline should not be licenced to operate because it is rising from the ashes of Arik Air, and has […]
One of the key factors identified by airline experts is that the equipment an airline uses for particular routes determines whether it would make profits or losses on that route. The distance of the route and the market in the route to a large extent determine how profitable and successful that route would be to […]
