Dana Air successfully concludes NCAA certification, set to acquire new air crafts
Barely three days after flight schedules of Dana Air were disrupted in Abuja by ongoing re-certification exercise by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the airline has announced successful conclusion of the certification. Giving a better picture of what transpired…
Should Dana’s recertification process by NCAA cause flights disruption?
Monday’s Dana Air flights disruption as a result of the ongoing renewal process for the airline’s certification by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has elicited reactions from industry experts. A number of stakeholders who spoke to our correspondent described…
TAL Group swells aviation investors in offshore air operation services
A new operator in the fixed and rotary wing sub-sector of the aviation industry, Tropical Arctic Logistics (TAL) Limited has made it to the offshore aviation services to deepen seamless access to and fro oil fields. This stemmed from the…
Air Peace boss, Onyema gives insights on flight delays, cancellation
…As cancelled flights hit 348, delayed rise to 19,323 in 6 months Leading indigenous investor in aviation and chairman of Air Peace Limited, Mr. Allen Onyema has revealed the core course of flights delays and cancellations at Nigerian airports. In…
Ongoing security risk checks at key airports don’t need any certification but…—ACI
The leader of Airport Council International (ACI) delegation, currently conducting security checks on some busy airports in Nigeria, Brahim Lakhlifi has explained that his group’s key assignment is to assess security architecture at airports and make critical recommendations to appropriate…
On Nigeria Air’s December take-off and postponement of Lagos-Ibadan road
The sudden silence of the Minister of State, Aviation, Capt. Hadi Sirika on the launch updates ahead of December 24 takeoff date of Nigeria Air is becoming a serious anxiety for industry followers and millions of Nigerians who listened to…
FG engages West, Central Africa to review airport charges on Nigerian airlines
Strong indications emerged weekend that the federal government has started series of meetings with some countries in West and Central Africa to review airport charges on Nigerian airlines. Before now, several Nigerian airlines operating West Coast destinations had been complaining…
7 Star Global Hangar gets NCAA operational licence to run MRO services
The calls for massive indigenous investments in the nation’s aviation industry weekend got a boost with the licensing of 7 Star Global Hangar, to commence aircraft maintenance-repair-overhaul (MRO) operations in Nigeria. The licence was issued by the Nigerian Civil Aviation…
Maintain flight planning, schedules to end delays, cancellation, NCAA warns airlines
Rising from a stakeholders’ forum in Lagos, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has given final warning to all airlines operating in Nigeria to desist from incessant flight delays and cancellations. Though the agency failed to name sanctions for defaulters…
Ownership structure of domestic airlines unattractive to technical investors–Ojikutu
Leading aviation expert and industry stakeholder, Group Captain John Ojikutu (rtd) has provided a clear insight on the main factor frustrating the expected growth in the domestic aviation sub-sector of the economy in recent times. In an interview in Lagos,…
