It has emerged that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), poorly rates Nigeria’s international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu, because they lack needed state-of-the art facilities to make them friendly to travellers. For airports to meet given standard in accordance to ICAO regulations, international airports are supposed to have both security […]
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has ordered re-evaluation of Permit for Non Commercial Flights (PNCF) to stop the abuse of such approval. This is coming as the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has confirmed that it suspended three private jets allegedly engaged in commercial activites against the stipulations of their operating […]
*Nigeria maintains high passenger traffic on int’l destinations despite economic challenges Some foreign airlines, yesterday, released their lower inventory tickets hitherto not available since the trapped fund saga and the depreciation of the naira, after the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), intervened in the exorbitant airfares charged Nigerian travelers by international carriers. This was disclosed […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has called on customers of aircraft charter services to verify if the aircraft deployed to provide them service has the right permit for charter operation. The warning was a reaction to recent incidents that took place at Ibadan airport involving operators violating their permits and engaging in ilicit charter […]
A private jet carrying12 passengers and three crew with call sign, N580KR, suffered runway escussion on landing at the Chief Ladoke Akintola Airport, Ibadan, yesterday. No casualty was reported. Source from the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) disclosed that the aircraft, which left Abuja at about 9:15 am was operated by Mattini Air and the […]
