Aviation industry experts said investigations have confirmed that 80 percent of the accidents that happened in Nigeria were caused by pilot error. They also acknowledged that there has been improvement in safety in Nigeria’s air transport industry in the last five years, climaxing in 2016 and expressed the hope that the country would continue to […]
The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Muhtar Usman has said that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has commenced the re-assessment of the safety status of Nigeria’s aviation industry and the level of compliance with international practices. Usman who disclosed this to journalists yesterday at the agency’s headquarters at the Murtala […]
The federal government is considering reviewing its bilateral relations with some African countries that have refused to approve the operations of Nigerian airlines to destinations in their places, while they are allowed to fly to Nigeria, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has disclosed. Over the years, Nigeria’s diplomatic philosophy has been Afrocentric, whereby the […]
Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Muhtar Usman has explained the recent fine of N35.5m imposed on First Nation Airways, noting that the sanction was in compliance with the provision of the Civil Aviation Regulations, which is given after initial warnings. The Director General said it was not done as punitive measure […]
Until recently, airlift of pilgrims to the Holly Land of Mecca was characterised by hiccups, including the failure of airlines to bring back the pilgrims they had taken to Saudi Arabia and undue delays during the return flight back to Nigeria. THISDAY investigations reveal that this was due to non-availability of operating aircraft and poor […]
