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FG approves Air Peace for direct Nigeria-Brazil flights
Ports and Airports

Air Peace, Max Air top list if airlines with delayed flights

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has revealed that 284 flights were cancelled in the first three months of the year by the 11 domestic airlines that fly within the nation. Travellers appear to be experiencing the same difficulties in Nigeria regardless of the airline they choose. According to a recent assessment by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, […]

Domestic airlines applaud NCAA for rejecting Nigeria Air AOC application
Aviation

Domestic airlines applaud NCAA for rejecting Nigeria Air AOC application

Domestic airlines have thanked the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for sparing the aviation sector from the negative effects of giving an air operator certificate to Nigeria Air without following the proper procedures. The Punch reported that on Sunday, the NCAA team, led by its Director General, Capt. Musa Nuhu was commended by the association for having […]

NSIB, NCAA launch investigation into Max Air plane incident
Aviation

NSIB, NCAA launch investigation into Max Air plane incident

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau as well as the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority have launched an investigation into the immediate and remote causes of the Max Air aircraft mishap, which occurred on Sunday afternoon at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Nairametrics reported that with 144 passengers and six members of the flight crew on board, […]

NASS committee orders Sirika to halt demolition of aviation offices
Aviation

NASS committee orders Sirika to halt demolition of aviation offices

The Joint Committee on Aviation of the National Assembly issued a directive to Senator Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, on Wednesday, ordering him to halt the planned demolition of the aviation agencies’ offices in Lagos. The clerk of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Franca Mbah, and her House of Representatives counterpart, Bassey Edem, both signed a letter addressed to […]

Aviation

Airline operators face jailterm for non-remittance of sales charge

  The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has revealed that airline operators in the country now risk two-year imprisonment, N5 million fine, or both penalties over failure to remit statutory Ticket Sales and Cargo Sales Charges. The punitive provisions, among others, are included in the new Civil Aviation Act 2022, which was just signed into law […]

Over N1.5trn needed to fix airports - NCAA
News

Over N1.5trn needed to fix airports – NCAA

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has stated that the agency need over N1.5trn to upgrade its facilities for optimal service delivery. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the agency revealed that the poor state of its infrastructure and the high level of insecurity in the nation are militating against its operations. The Director General […]

Aviation

Suspension: Stranded passengers vandalise Dana Air’s counter

Some angry passengers of Dana Air who were left stranded at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on Thursday, vandalised some property of the airline. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority had on Wednesday grounded Dana Air and suspended its operating licences to carry out a full audit of its operations to ascertain if the carrier can […]

Aviation

Passengers panic as Overland aircraft’s engine catches fire midair

A four-member flight crew of Overland Airways made a successful landing of a distressed aircraft on the Runway 18R of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday evening, after the plane’s engine caught fire mid-air. The ATR 42 aircraft, which has 37 passengers on board, was en-route Ilorin-Lagos when the plane suddenly developed a […]

Aviation

Nigeria Air receives operating license from NCAA

Nigeria’s proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, has received an Air Transport License from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. The interim management of the country’s national carrier, led by Captain Dapo Olumide, a former Managing Director of the defunct Virgin Nigeria Airways, received the ATL licence at the NCAA headquarters in Abuja. Punch Metro reports that […]

Aviation

Grounded multimillion-dollar plane sold as scrap, towed to Oyo

An Airbus A320 jet belonging to First Nation has been sold as scrap to a yet-to-be-identified buyer, findings have shown. The development came about four years after the carrier grounded its operations for technical reasons. The buyer of the disused plane has consequently towed the equipment to a town in Oyo where it will be […]

Buhari
Transportation

Avert airlines’ operations shutdown, Reps caucus tells Buhari

The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to take immediate steps to avert an imminent shutdown of flight operations in Nigeria, warning that it will have grave consequences on the country’s national life. The caucus was reacting to the strike notice issued to the […]