The Prosecution yesterday explained to the Justice Babs Kuewunmi  Federal High Court in Lagos how the Managing director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Ibrahim Abdulsalam and his cohorts allegedly stole N6.8 billion from the agency’s coffers since 2013 This is just as Nigerianflightdeck has learnt on good authority that the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Transportation, Alhaji Sabiu …

*Airline records 56.4billion passenger, cargo capacity For the 28th consecutive year running, Emirates Group has announced profit and steady business expansion, ending the 2015-16year with record profits of  AED 8.2 billion (US$ 2.2 billion)  and in a strong position despite the global and operational challenges during this period     Released yesterday in its 2015-16 Annual Report, the Emirates Group posted an …

A Senior Officer of the Nigerian Customs Service (NSC), one Mr. Olarenwaju Tajudeen went berserk over a flight delayed coupled with what he viewed as extortion by the airline and destroyed equipment belonging to Arik Air  after which eye witnesses say he turned himself in Nigerianflightdeck learnt that the incident happened on May 1, 2016 when a Customs Comptroller in charge …

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that successful candidates who applied for and participated in the Aviation Security (AVSEC) recruitment exercise last year, May 2015 will soon be invited for interview and other pre-employment procedures. Managing Director of FAAN, Engineer Saleh Dunoma made this known as he played host to some of the candidates in his office.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that due to new air tight security arrangement at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja there may be some delays due to as the new measures would increase the time needed to complete security checks on airport users The authority, in a statement signed by General Manager Corporate Communication, Yakubu Dati, …

There is a need for training and retraining of personnel if proper integration between man and machine to provide effective and successful transition from Aeronautical Information System to Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) is to be achieved, according to Aeronautical Information Services Association of Nigeria (AISAN) National President of the body, Engr. Babatunde Shittu made this known while heralding the celebration …

The indebtedness of the Nigeria Domestic Airlines grew up to the present level today because, most of the operators are sponsored by or are sponsors of political office holders in government. With the ‘attitude of we own the government’ most of these operators had no intention of paying for the services rendered to them by the  government services providers, despite …

Numbers reeled out by the National Bureau of statistics (NBS) has shown an increase of both aircraft movement in the fourth quarter of 2015, with aircraft moving in and out of Nigerian airports increasing to 61,692 approximately 6.9%. This figure when juxtaposed with the third quarter of 2015, which had 57,704 of aircraft movement showed a clear over 3,988 difference …

The Department of Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Services at the Kaduna Airport have been charged to adhere strictly to safety standards and procedure in line with Standard and Recommended Practices, recommended by the international Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) while carrying out their functions. This charge was made by the Managing Director of FAAN, Engr Saleh Dunoma who addressed the …

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed that no government agency, organisation or an individual will launch Remotely Piloted Aircraft/ Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (RPA/UAV) simply known as drones in Nigerian airspace without obtaining requisite approvals/permit from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and Office of National Security Adviser (NSA). This is just as the regulatory body states that operators and …