Arik Air’s Response to N6m Penalty by NCAA

The management of Arik Air would like to respond to Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s (NCAA) statement on Tuesday, 27 December, 2016 over short landed baggage of passengers who travelled on its flights from London Heathrow to Lagos on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December, 2016. The NCAA had invited the management of Arik Air to an […]

Harmattan Haze Paralise Flight Operations Nationwide

Domestic operations have been paralised nationwide by harmattan haze, which reached its peak on Monday night.   The Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had earlier warned about the harmattan haze but nobody expected the thick fog and dust that enveloped the airspace on Tuesday, forcing airlines to cancel their […]

NCAA Sanctions Arik Air

Arik Air Limited has been sanctioned by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for contravening the provisions of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig.CARs). Earlier, the Authority was inundated with complaints of delay and inability to ferry the passengers’ checked – in luggage on the Airline’s services from London –Lagos from the 2nd, 3rd and […]

NCAA Warns Stakeholders over anti-Competitive Practices

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned all industry stakeholders to avoid anti-competitive practices in the aviation sector, insisting that no airline can fly without adequate insurance and other safety certificates The Regulatory Authority is expressing concern over recent cases of disinformation prevalent in the industry. It is unfathomable that some questionable sources have […]

Usman: We Have Intensified Surveillance on Nigeria Airlines

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 […]