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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]