Three possible reasons have been adduced as the cause of the fatal landing of Air India Express plane with 190 people onboard, which skidded off the runway of the Kozhikode airport in Kerala on Friday evening killing at least 17 people including both the pilots. Indian medium, Zeenews reported that to understand what could have […]
Major oil and gas service company, Bristow Helicopters has reacted to the grounding of its operations on Monday by labour union and sacked over 100 pilots and engineers, citing economic downturn occasioned by Covid-19 impact and oil and gas business. The National Association of Aircraft Pilots a d Engineers (NAAPE), had since Monday, began industrial […]
The aviation unions in Nigeria have threatened to mobilise aviation community against the government of Rivers State if it failed to immediately release the Caverton pilots. In a statement jointly issued by the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and Association of Nigeria […]
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has urged the Rivers state government to release two pilots of Caverton Helicopters that were arrested on Tuesday and taken into custody within 24 hours or face boycott of all schedule and unscheduled commercial and private flight operations, including oil and gas offshore flight services, into Port Harcourt for […]
In its resolve to ensure safe flight operations in Nigeria airspace, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued Advisory Circular to intimate pilots, operators and other stakeholders about dust haze (harmattan) and safety approach to adopt. This Advisory Circular AC: NCAA-AEROMET-28 dated 12th November, 2019 is intended to alert Pilots to the hazards associated with […]
