57 Years of Air Transport in Nigeria

How the aviation sector has fared in the past 57 years of Nigeria’s independence and how the country can take the advantage of its high population to boost the sector’s contribution to the nation’s GDP The first aircraft that landed in Nigeria might not have been as a result of strategy to have regular flights […]

Why Nigerian Airlines Employ Expatriate Pilots

One of the major challenges in manpower development in aviation is industry is the cost of training. Many young people dream of becoming pilots in the future but when the cost of training is broached, many parents know that they won’t be able to afford it. Not only the exorbitant cost, in Nigeria there is […]

Mohammed: Expatriates Use Our Airlines as Training Ground

The Rector and Chief Executive of the College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Captain Adbulsalami Mohammed, has said that the college was established to cater for the training needs of the industry, but noted that expatriates pilots employed by Nigerian airlines use the country as training ground for juicier jobs in the Middle East. He spoke […]

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Firms in Talk with FG over Plan to Assemble Aircraft in Nigeria

Austria aircraft manufacturing company, Diamond Aircraft Industries in collaboration with indigenous company, Interjet Nigeria Limited are in talks with the federal government on their plan to establish aircraft assembly plant in Nigeria. When established, the assembly plant will cater to the West African market and beyond. Diamond Aircraft Industries is an Austrian-based manufacturer of general aviation aircraft and motor gliders. […]

NCAT Wins ICAO Award on Aviation Training

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Global Aviation Training (GAT) has given award to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, (NCAT) Zaria as the training institution with the highest number of instructors and highest number of delivered ICAO courses in the African region. NCAT received the award prize at the just concluded GAT and Trainair […]