Aviation agencies are currently going through difficult times due to lack of funds to effectively carry out their services, training and staff emoluments. Sources within the agencies pointed accusing finger at the airlines, saying they owed the agencies billions of Naira and that has significantly affected their revenues. The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), […]
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has pledged to offset all debts owed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) by member airlines. However, no deadline has been fixed by the domestic carriers, which said they are battling to remain operational amid many disincentives, which include scarcity of aviation fuel, poor facilities at some airports and […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued statement and ordered all airlines operating the Sikorsky S76 series to carry out a safety inspection on this helicopter type with immediate effect. This is a sequel to the accident involving Sikorsky helicopter with registration 5B-BJQ owned and operated by Bristow Helicopters Limited on February 3, 2016, […]
The Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amechi has commended efforts being made by aviation agencies, especially the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for improving safety and security of the nation’s airspace through modernization and acquisition of new equipment. NAMA has introduced electronic flight clearance solution, which tracks and […]
Penultimate Thursday, only one, out of three airlines that fly to Enugu from Lagos was able to operate. The other two cancelled their flights owing to poor terminal visibility caused by the current harmattan haze. Harmattan haze disrupts flight operations in Nigeria. In Nigeria, during Harmattan season, many flights are delayed, diverted or cancelled due to […]
