The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu has said the federal government is doing everything possible to resolve the current crisis in aviation. For the past six months airlines have been battling with high cost of aviation fuel, which spiraled the cost of air tickets. Also, due to the […]
Recently six Nigerian airlines announced that they want to work together in a partnership dubbed Spring Alliance. The announcement was received with excitement and anxiety by the industry. It was received with excitement because it is believed that one of the major challenges that dogged the airlines in the past has been their inability to […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it remitted N16.7 billion to the Federation Account last year. The agency also revealed that in order to reduce congestion at the Lagos airport’s domestic terminal, it had almost completed work on its expansion. Speaking during a joint working visit of the Senate and House Committee on […]
Aviation experts have traced the cause of flight delays and cancelation besides weather and VIP movement to inadequate aircraft, which leads to hiccups caused by overutilisation of equipment. The development, they stressed, would become more acute as Yuletide season approaches when travellers demand the highest number of seats in domestic air travel every year. The […]
The federal government has stopped the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) from sending its officials overseas to inspect aircraft ferried out of the country for maintenance. The order also applies to inspection of aircraft before its acquisition by Nigerian airlines. Top official of NCAA who confirmed this to THISDAY, explained that the decision was in […]
