Aviation

Concerns over Sale of Contaminated Fuel to Airlines

There are concerns that some fuel marketing companies might be selling contaminated fuel to airlines due to poor regulation. The industry was alerted to this when two airlines discovered that their aircraft contained over 100 litres of water after they bought fuel from the same source last year and had to abort their flights, an […]

MMIA Aviation

Experts Seek Improved Welfare for Airport Workers

Airport users and aviation security experts have expressed concern over illicit activities by persons employed as cleaners at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. THISDAY investigations revealed that the concessionaire to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), which recruited the cleaners, allegedly pays them N15, 000 monthly and most often the payment is […]

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Aviation Stakeholders Mourn former DG, NCAA, Usman

The Nigerian Aviation sector has mourned the immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the late Captain Murtar Usman. Usman who died on Wednesday after a brief illness in a hospital in Zaria, Kaduna State was aged 64 years. In its twitter handle, NCAA wrote on its twitter handle, “The entire […]

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NCAA CAUTIONS PILOTS, OTHERS OVER ADVERSE WEATHER IN NIGERIAN AIRPORTS

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued Advisory Circular to caution Pilots, Airline Operators and others on severe dust haze/fog phenomenon prevalent in Nigerian airports. This adverse weather condition expected occurrence is to subsist  from October in the far North; November over the North Central; and December over the Southern part of the country. […]

Aviation

Nigerians Airlines are Safe, Says DG NCAA

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 […]