Not a few were elated when the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) was confirmed at the Senate Committee level on Wednesday this week. Earlier, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had referred a letter to the Senate, requesting for the confirmation of the then acting Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, […]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has confirmed the mid-flight incident suffered by United Airlines Flight UA614 on Thursday, January 23, when it left the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, to Washington, United States, but was forced to declare emergency and made air return after about two hours of flight out of the departure airport. […]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that Ms. Chiamaka Don Ubani, the passenger responsible for the disruption of Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Abuja on January 8, 2025, has been charged to court. According to a statement issued by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, Mr. Michael Achimugu, the charges […]
The key factor in any country’s air travel service is how safe it is to fly, which becomes poignant when commercial air travel is involved. This is why the United Nations established the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to regulate air travel in the world for member states. ICAO in turn moved for the establishment […]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has clarified that recent sanctions imposed on five airlines were strictly related to consumer protection violations, and not safety concerns. This clarification follows widespread speculation in certain media outlets suggesting otherwise. The NCAA clarified the issue in a statement issued yesterday by its Director of Consumer Protection and […]
