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NCAA records zero air accident for last 3-consecutive years

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority says the country is in its third year of zero air accident, with 2017 recorded as the safest year so far, not just in the country but globally. “The year 2017 witnessed zero accident in all categories of flights. This is the third year of zero accident in Nigeria in […]

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Airlines sold tickets worth ₦505.2 billion in 2017 – NCAA

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, said, Thursday, that domestic and international airlines operating in Nigeria sold tickets worth ₦505.2 billion in 2017. The regulatory agency also said it applied 90 sanctions on pilots, cabin crew, aircraft engineers, and four approved maintenance organisations for violations of civil aviation safety regulations between October 2014 and December 2017. […]

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National carrier take off feasible by December, says NCAA

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says the December 24, for the proposed take-off of national carrier is feasible, its Director General, Capt Usman Mukhar, said yesterday. Usman said if promoters of the project are properly guided to follow through with regulatory requirements, the process of getting an Air Operators Certificate (AOC) only takes 90 […]

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How Nigeria’s airlines can survive 2018

Worried by the poor health of the local airline industry which makes Nigeria incapable of taking full advantage of the Africa Open Skies Agreement, the Aviation Round Table (ART) has stepped in to offer professional solutions which if implemented in 2018 would resolve the various challenges bedeviling the industry. ART in a statement by its […]

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NAHCO partners NCAA, NCS, FAAN on aviation growth

In continuation of his consultation with aviation stakeholders, the newly-appointed Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, Mr. Idris Yakubu, recently visited key aviation regulators and stakeholders. Yakubu visited the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) airport command where he pledged […]

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Air Peace’s Enugu, Owerri passengers disrupt activities due to delay in flights

Air Peace’s Enugu and Owerri bound passengers on Tuesday disrupted the airline’s operations in Lagos and Abuja due to delays to their flights. Following the development, the airline called on the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and other airport security operatives to restrain unruly passengers from attacking its staff members and inciting others to do same. […]

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Nigeria on path for global aviation growth – Fmr. NCAA DG, Demuren

A former Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Dr. Harold Demuren, has said that despite the challenges facing the nation’s aviation sector, it will not be left out of the global industry growth prospect. Demuren, in an interview with journalists in Lagos, said the future of aviation in the country was bright and would […]

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$50 billion investment required to unlock aviation’s full potential

An additional $50 billion investment is required in Nigeria’s aviation sector to fully unlock its inherent potential for national growth, a group of experts said on Tuesday. The experts drawn from airline operators, regulatory officers, airport administrators, service providers and analysts, aired their views at the Colloquium 2017 organised by Nigeria Travels Mart, NTM, in […]

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U.S. gives Nigerian airlines 65-day ultimatum or risk being barred

U.S Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, has given Nigerian airlines a 65-day ultimatum to resolve specified security issues or risk being barred from flying to its country. A team of US FAA officials who recently carried out an audit for the renewal of Nigeria’s category one safety status gave the ultimatum on August 24. The US […]

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Nigeria will retain its Category 1 safety rating, says NCAA DG

The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Muhtar Usman, says the agency remains optimistic that Nigeria will retain its Category 1 safety rating. Usman stated this on Friday at the conclusion of the United States Federal Aviation Authority’s five-day audit of the NCAA. Nigeria achieved a Category 1 air safety rating from the […]

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US FAA to certify Nigeria Aviation industry

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (US FAA) is to commence the certification of the Nigerian aviation industry on August 21, 2017, says the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Speaking during a briefing at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, the spokesman for NCAA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, stated that a four-man US FAA team is due […]

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Aviation industries may attain highest safety rating by 2017 ending

Stakeholders have said that the country’s aviation industry may attain the highest global safety rating by the end of 2017, going by current developments. In January, the country rose to Level 3 of the State Safety Programme implementation process, a categorisation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation that tracks the SSP implementation process of member-states […]

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