Aviation

“Foreign Registered Private Jets Cannot Pay Customs Duties”

Chairman and CEO of the business aviation terminal, Quits Aviation Services Limited, Sam Iwuajoku has reacted to the insistence of the Nigeria Customs Services that private jets operating in Nigeria must pay Customs duties and explained that aircraft registered outside Nigeria cannot pay customs duty. Iwuajoku who spoke exclusively to THISDAY expressed surprise at the […]

NCAA Aviation

NCAA Suspends Private Jet Operators for Regulatory Infraction

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the operations Specs Part G of the Air Operator’s Certificate of Sky Power Express Airways Nigeria Limited and some private charter aircraft due to non-compliance and or violations of the provision of NCARS (Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations) Part 9.2.3.4(b). The regulatory authority had threatened to suspend airlines […]

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NCAA Bans Private Jets for Charter Operations

•FAAN insists on flight spacing to prevent spread of pandemic The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has banned charter services with privately-registered aircraft with effect from today, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. his is coming as the Managing Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, has said that the agency will implement […]

Aviation

FG Tightens Airports Security over Rising Theft Cases

 Expands CCTV coverage area, reinforces patrols, profiles security personnel   Following rising cases of theft, including a recent robbery of a private jet waiting to take off after bandits accessed the airside of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, the federal government has reinforced the security apparatus at the nation’s airports, THISDAY has learnt. […]

Anap Jet Aviation

Reinforcing Security at Nation’s Airports

Robbery of aircraft during stoppage at the runway and other thefts has raised concerns about security at nation’s airports. When the reports of robbery on taxying aircraft on the airside of the nation’s busiest airport, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos was made public, concerned aviation authorities doubted the possibility because it looked incredible, […]