The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Muhtar Usman, said in this interview that the Authority has intensified surveillance of Nigerian airlines. Excerpts: There have been reports that NCAA diverts money meant for training for the building of your new headquarters in Abuja. Is this true? That is not true. First of […]
Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest carrier has countered the effort to de-market it by those that may have axe to grind with the company, claiming that the airline does not adhere to the maintenance schedule of its fleet. The rumour, which is being spread on social media, claims the airline does not effectively […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has waded into the rift between Arik and its passengers over the failure of the airline to ferry their baggage from London Heathrow, since Friday 2nd December 2016. Consequently, a letter to the effect has been issued by the Authority to Arik Airlines. In it, the airline has […]
In order to stem the frequent indebtedness of Nigerian airlines to aviation agencies in the payment of their charges, the federal government had given January 1, 2017 as deadline for the payment system of the airlines. This is to ensure transparency and automatic payment of charges immediately it is due, so that they would not […]
Top security officials from the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Police and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Aviation Security (AVSEC) at the weekend held emergency meeting on how to fortify security at the nation’s airports. THISDAY learnt that the federal government has ordered security upgrade at […]