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 […]
On January 28, 2021, when Air Peace received its first brand new aircraft from Embraer, the Chairman of the airline, Allen Onyema used the ceremony to let Nigerians know what the Buhari-administration did for the aviation industry. He told his audience about the waiver government gave the domestic airlines on Customs Tariff and VAT, which […]
Members of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have debunked the report that flights may start falling from the skies due to lack of aircraft maintenance, insisting that the operators would round rather ground their service instead of cutting corners. The operators were reacting to a report credited to the Chairman of the Senate Committee […]
