Aviation

NCAA LIFTS BAN ON BOEING 737 MAX AIRCRAFT

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced the lifting of ban on Boeing 737 Max Aircraft in the Nigerian Airspace, following the two accident involving the Boeing 737 Max Aircraft. This approval is effective 12th February, 2021. Consequent upon the two accidents of Lion Air Flight 610, an Indonesia flight which crashed into the […]

IATA Aviation

IATA Introduces Travel Pass to Resolve Border Crises

In order to enable free flow of movement across borders and to put an end to the impasse occasioned by restriction of airlines by countries due to COVID-19 pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has introduced new travel pass. Recently the federal government and the United Arab Emirates had a spat over the introduction […]

Emirates airline Aviation

Outrage over Emirates’ Rapid Antigen Test

Last week Emirates Airlines had a spat with the federal government over its plan to introduce COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (RDT) for passengers to be administered four hours before take-off of their flight. The federal government in response banned and unbanned the airline within 24 hours and since then Emirates has cancelled all its Lagos-Dubai […]

Emirates airline Aviation

FG Lifts Ban on Emirates as Airline Suspends Rapid Tests

The Federal Government yesterday lifted the suspension slammed on Emirates Airlines from operating outbound flights from Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) for 72 hours, effective Thursday February 4, 2021, after the airline agreed to withdraw the COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing (RDT) for Nigerian passengers prior to the departure. Due to the development, the Presidential Task Force […]

Aviation

Sustaining Air Safety in Nigeria

Air crashes are tragic. Every country prays it does not happen in its airspace. It is not only that lives are consumed, which is the saddest part, but also it diminishes the goodwill of the country, the airline and the aviation industry. It also leads to increase in aircraft insurance premium and ups the country’s […]