SEQUEL to some abuses that transpired during the lockdown, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has banned the age long use of private jets for charter flight services in a move it says will check the abuse of private jets in the country and regularize their operations. This ban, which many charter operators have been clamoring for came into effect …

Allows for inter-state movement within curfew FEDERAL Government has approved the resumption of domestic flights in the country and has said a hike in flight fare was inevitable in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic contrary to the Minister of Aviation’s declaration a week ago that there would be no fare increase. This is as government has also lifted the …

THE announcement by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to increase Passenger service Charge (PSC) come August 1, 2020 has created passionate debates on many platforms some looking at the timing and others at the development factor but one thing is certain all sides have points to make. FAAN had in a letter signed by the managing director of …

NIGERIAN carrier, Air Peace continues to show capacity as the airline has evacuated 327 Nigerians from London in its maiden flight to London. The airline’s Boeing 777 aircraft with registration number 5N-BWI departed Heathrow Airport London earlier today and arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 20:41hrs, Nigerian time. After disembarking some passengers in Abuja, the aircraft will proceed …

ONCE operation recommences, no two airlines will depart at the same time according to the Managing Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Yadudu who has said the agency will implement flight spacing at all its airports in order to ensure total safety. Speaking with reporters in Lagos over the weekend, Yadudu explained the rationale behind the …

AT the end of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) Webinar Held on Thursday, June 18, 2020 many resolutions were reached in a bid not only to better the industry but stabilize it post COVID-19. Top industry players were on hand to act as panelists in a robust discussion about the impact of the dreaded pandemic and what …

“When we are boarding, we are going to board the window seat on the right first, middle seat on the right after boarding the window seat then we go to the left; we board the window seat on the left, we then board middle seat on the left then we call on aisle seat on the right to board after them we call the aisle seat on the left to seat down before we now bring in the window seat of the right Business Class to board then we bring in the window seat of Business Class on the left to board before we bring in the right and left aisle to board respectively.

FOLLOWING the release of an initial investigation fingering human error as the primary reason for last month’s crash, state-owned Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended 150 pilots after questions over the authenticity of their licenses emerged. This is as the Pakistani aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan told Parliament that 262 of Pakistan’s 860 active, licensed pilots had been found to …

PTF commends aviation’s readiness show   PRESIDENTIAL Task Force on COVID-19 has expressed satisfaction with the handling of the test flight from Abuja ahead of the restart plan of the aviation industry stating that the industry is ready but will not give a timeline or date for restart. This is just as the Minister of Aviation has said palliatives to the …

The FAAN boss went further to state that the cap on the value of PSC is simply outdated as the last review of PSC on domestic routes from N350 to N1000 and US$35 to US$50 dollars on the international route was on May 1, 2022 and March 21, 2011 respectively, all seven (7) years ago.