Nigerian airports recorded 36,350 domestic and 5,395 international flight delays in 2018. This was disclosed by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in its executive summary published on its website. The records showed that two leading domestic airlines – Air Peace and Arik Air – topped the list of domestic flight delay. In 2018, Air […]
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) yesterday, dispelled fears over the poor airworthiness of aircraft flown in Nigeria. It assured that there was no way a commercial operator can fly in the country with an unsafe equipment. Spokesman for the NCAA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, who stated this while reacting to a trending online picture of […]
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said it has concluded plan to issue advisory circulation on the use of drones in Nigeria in order to ensure it does not interfere with civil aviation. This was disclosed by the Director General of the agency, Captain Muhtar Usman, who told THISDAY that there was need to prevent […]
Read More The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has threatened to sanction airline operators who engage in charter operations with unauthorised permits. “By this, any operator caught engaging in such unauthorised services will have its Air Operator Certificate suspended or revoked,” the NCAA said in a statement signed by its General Manager, Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye, on Sunday. […]
Read More The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has sanctioned four erring airline operators for various degrees of violations of Nigeria’s civil aviation regulations. The sanctions include withdrawal of operating licence of one of the airlines and payment of fines by the others. NCAA in a statement issued yesterday by its spokesman, Sam Adurogboye, said the sanctions […]
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The civil aviation in Nigeria witnessed some glorious moments in 2018, just as some events in the year under review made some aviation stakeholders and watchers ask when will Nigeria civil aviation come of age. GLORIOUS MOMENTS Payment of defunct Nigeria Airways’ ex-workers The happiest moment, according to some stakeholders was when the Federal government […]
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority says that in line with standards and international best practices, it has commenced an investigation into the Air Peace’s oxygen mask incident in the airline’s Lagos-Enugu service on Friday. An Air Peace Enugu-bound flight had on Friday lost cabin pressure mid-air, necessitating the release of oxygen masks for passengers. According […]
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Dana Air flights were disrupted on Monday as a result of the ongoing renewal process for the airline’s certification by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. Some passengers of the airline heading to Abuja from Lagos on Monday, who were originally meant to fly to their destination on a Dana flight, could not do so, but […]
Read More The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has partially lifted the suspension on International Aviation College, Ilorin, Approved Training Organisation (ATO) certificate. Mr Sam Adurogboye, General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA made the announcement on Sunday in Lagos. Adurogboye said the lifting of the suspension was conveyed in a letter to the college dated Oct. 8. “The […]
Read More To sustain flight safety and ensure that domestic carriers have robust financial status, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has started enforcement of economic regulation of the airlines. To this end, the agency has insisted that the operators must submit monthly financial report to the agency. NCAA explained that this is to ensure that airlines […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that a total of 7,503,408 passengers passed through Nigerian airports in the first half of 2018, representing a 23.9 per cent growth from the 6,054,319 passengers recorded in the first half of 2017. The passenger traffic however includes international, domestic, inbound and outbound air travel. NBS observed […]
Read More The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has generated ₦15.27 billion as revenue from the Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) in the past eight months. The TSC was collected from both the International and local airlines operators operating in the country. The Director General, NCAA, Capt. Muktar Usman, who made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Lagos […]
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