MANAGEMENT of Air Peace has said that the luggage of some of the passengers on its flight P47121 on November 6, 2020, Abuja-Lagos at 8:45am were not carried as the aircraft had reached it maximum weight capacity and stating that it was standard airline safety protocol. The airline while reacting to a report by a lawyer shed more light on …

DURING the week the Senate Committee on Aviation held a on the amendment of the Civil Aviation Amendment Bills of the six aviation agencies including the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency ( NAMA), Nigerian College of Aviation Technology ( NCAT), Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and Nigeria Meteorological Agency …

 Passenger Service Charge was not unilaterally increased as implied by AON- Yadudu MANAGING Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu has said that its charges to airlines and other investors are in no way nebulous and that the agency has always been open to investors, airline operators about this This is just as he …

HOUSE of representatives Committee on Aviation on Thursday turned the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika and the heads of agencies under his Ministry back refusing them from presenting the Ministry’s 2021 budget proposal due to failure to forward the documents to the committee in advance. The chairman Honourable Nnaji had in his opening remarks at the scheduled budget meeting …

WHEN passed, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) Bill will enhance investigations into the causal effects of accidents of various modes of transportation including rail and maritime in a bid to provide recommendations the nation can learn from. Creating a multimodal transport accident investigation agency separate from regulators and service providers in the Commissioner Of the Accident Investigation Bureau ( …

STAKEHOLDERS are of the opinion that the Federal Government needs to improve on its announced N5billion COVID-19 intervention funds for the aviation sector as the sum will not have much impact in meeting the sector’s challenge. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika had in Day one of a three day public hearing hosted by the Senate Committee on Aviation on …

AS part of efforts to ensure that Nigeria has just one regulator in the aviation industry, it has been proposed that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN), would undergo a change of nomenclature to the Federal Airports Administration of Nigeria (FAAN) This is just as the authority is seeking to amend or enact Bills that should aid the …

MINISTER of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has blamed bad business plan on the part of airlines as one reason why hundreds of airlines have become defunct in Nigeria in the past 20 years. The Minister was reacting to a statement credited to the managing director of Overland Airways, Captain Edward Boyo who said over 100 domestic airlines have died in …

AIR Peace has announced the return of another ERJ-145 which has been undergoing C-Check. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-BVD, arrived Lagos last night. A statement signed by management read,” Most of our aircraft were out on C-Check during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they have started arriving one after the other.​ “It can be recalled that just a couple of …

As investigative bureau issues  9 safety recommendations TWELVE years after the accident involving a Chanchangi Boeing 737-200 aircraft at the Port Harcourt Airport Omagwa, the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released the report of this accident and three others. This is just as the investigative body has released three other investigation reports including a Nigerian College of Aviation Technology ( …