NCAA Issues First Drone Certificate to Oando ‎Plc

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued the first Remotely Piloted Aircraft/Drones RPAS Operators Certificate (ROC) to Oando Plc. Thus the organization is pioneering the issuance of certificate to civil/private operators in the unmanned aircraft operations category. The certificate was received by Oando Reservoir and Production Services Limited,  having satisfied the requirements and found […]

NCAA Directs GSM Providers to Obtain Permit before Erecting Masts Around Airports

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has sternly warned all operators of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) to ensure they always obtained Aviation Height Clearance (AHC), Permits and Licences before construction of high rise structures in order not to endanger safety of flights. The warning was also extended to landing facilities owners, stakeholders and […]

Why Experts Fear Airlines May Compromise Safety in Nigeria

Although Nigerian airlines have not recorded any major accident in the last three years because of what aviation experts attributed to properregulation by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), there are renewed fears that some domestic carriers may compromise safety. This, according to some experts was because the airlines have not really imbibed the safety […]

NCAA Explains Conditions for Obtaining AOC

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that it has defined regulatory conditioned that spell out ways an airline can obtain Air Operator Certificate (AOC) or renew it after it has already started operation. The Authority said its insists on issuance of airline licences is one of the processes to ensure that no airline […]

NCAA, ICAO Train Safety Inspectors on AOC Certification

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in collaboration with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has trained and endorsed 20 Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASI) of the regulatory body. In a statement signed by the spokesman of the agency, Sam Adurogboye, NCAA said the Government Safety Inspectors (GSI) Airworthiness course is to ensure airworthiness inspectors are […]