THE Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, (NAHCO Plc) has taken delivery of new sets of Ground Support Equipment (GSE), which include four units of high capacity Mallaghan Mobile Steps with Chutes and a fourteen tons cargo maindeck Highloader. The tier four Deutz engine capacity Mobile steps are installed with multi-functional Sensors, while the Angelo Bombelli/Airmarell Highloader, has a forward platform …

MANAGING Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria( FAAN), Captain Rabiu Yadudu has said that everyday no fewer than four people are arrested at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos attempting to beat the system.   This is just as he has said that aviation security is reactive but that even as FAAN puts up measures to curb incursions into the airports, …

NIGERIA Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has confirmed that it is withholding the Air Transport License ( ATL) of local operator Azman Air till a time when the carrier provides the required documentation for its operational licenses renewal and sign a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) on how it would remit it’s N1.2bn legacy debt accrued from collection of Ticket Service …

AZMAN Air is said to have told its workforce not to show up for work today following  operational reasons; but information going round is that the airline may not have renewed it’s Air Operators Certificate ( AOC). NigerianFLIGHTDECK learnt from a source that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) suspended its operation for failing to meet the requirements for AOC …

ETHIOPIAN Airlines Group has completed the first phase of its In-Terminal Hotel construction in a continuous effort to ensure the convenience and comfort of passengers, crews and airlines using Addis Ababa as a hub. The In-Terminal Hotel construction began in December 2020 and the hotel is physically connected to Addis Ababa Bole International Departure Terminal 02 with a short walking …

HERITAGE Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Akinola George-Taylor as its acting Managing Director. Following the receipt of the approval of the Board of Directors of Heritage Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Bank is poised for its next phase of transformation. The new Ag. Managing Director will be overseeing all Heritage’s banking operations across Nigeria. George-Taylor …

UNIONS North, South, East and West of Nigeria made good their threat as they embarked on a peaceful protest over alleged inclusions into the Civil Aviation Bill that will affect their activities as unionists The unions including the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria( ATSSSAN), National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers( …

AIRPORT Manager at the Mallam Aminu Kano Airport, Kano Gambo Aboki Abubakar may have cut the power off offices and quarters of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency( NAMA) over N500m debt.   This has not gone down well with members of the Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) who have threatened to shut down air navigational aids and safety services …

NigerianFLIGHTDECK’s check of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Act 2006 has revealed that the unions were 16 years too late in discovering contents within the Act as the clauses they are about to protest on have been in existence since   Joint unions including the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria( ATSSSAN), National …

AIRPORTS and Airlines Business Summit and Expo, (AABSE) is set to hold this 2022 from the 20th–22nd September, at the NIGAV Expo Centre at Murtala Muhammed International Airport. According to Chairman Organizing Committee, Mr. Fortune Idu the air transport business summit and Expo will hold 9am-4pm daily He said this year’s integrated aviation summit will address the inter-relationship among all …