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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]