Air safety may be threatened as findings have shown that some of the pilots sanctioned by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) indulged in banned drugs while on duty. THISDAY gathered that random checks carried by the regulatory authority revealed that despite warnings to pilots and stringent regulation against the use of illicit drugs, some […]
The federal government has directed the Nigerian Immigration Service, the Nigerian Customs Service, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to intensify security at the nation’s borders and the airports to prevent the movement of alleged members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from gaining […]
Former Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr Harold Demuren has indicated readiness to present a paper on the forthcoming seminar on aviation organised by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC). Demuren who is set to present a paper on ‘Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Financing Option for Nigeria’ said his […]
The Aviation Round Table (ART) a think-tank organisation in the aviation sector made up of industry experts, has urged the federal government to review upwards the minimum number of aircraft required for commercial airlines from the current two to between 10 and 20. The body said that this would enable the airline operate with high […]
Nigeria loses over $5 billion annually in the aviation industry which includes about $2 billion repatriated per annum by foreign airlines and unserviced Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA). This unfortunate incident occurs because the country does not have major airlines to reciprocate flight services to countries whose airlines operate in Nigeria. The Director General of […]
