The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said it would demolish Over 7,000 telecommunication masts and towers belonging to some Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) providers erected all over the country, saying they constitute danger in the airspace. The agency gave the network providers 30 days ultimatum to obtain approval for the masts and towers; […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Muhtar Usman, has said Nigeria’s airspace has remained safe in the last six years without any accident or major incident because the regulator has maintained strict adherence to safety regulations. Muhtar, who spoke to THISDAY in an exclusive interview in Lagos, said after many […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has advised Pilots and Airline Operators to exercise caution during flight operations in hazardous weather conditions. This warning was contained in an Advisory Circular (AC) with reference no AC: NCAA-AEROMET – 27 addressed to all Pilots and Airline Operators and signed by the Director General, Capt. Muhtar Usman. The […]
Thousands of jobs may be lost in the downstream sector of the aviation industry as technology, poor policy implementation threaten the existence of travel agencies in Nigeria. Chinedu Eze writes that without urgent intervention by government, the country would lose the multibillion naira market to foreign operators. About 20 years ago a travel agency may […]
New aviation training company in Nigeria, Leadstream has said that it would soon procure simulators to start re-training programme for pilots and others. The company which recently obtained Aviation Training Organisation (ATO) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recently said it is studying the Nigerian market and would soon deploy simulators to bridge the […]
