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engages Falana to challenge concession plan ASSOCIATION of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) has described as victimization and anti-trade union, the mass transfer of its members in the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMET), Branch out of Abuja. This is just as the union has revealed plans to engage the services of Femi …

EAN Aviation – Business Jet Center has announced the opening of its new, state-of-the-art Aircraft Maintenance Organization (AMO) Wheel and Brake Workshop at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria. EAN was granted Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) approval with certificate number AMO/5N/EAN to carry out Wheel covers inspection, tests repairs and …

  ONCE again, poor radio communications between Pilots and controllers in the airspace has been harped on by the Nigeria Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) which has appealed to the federal government to come to the aid of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to end the current noise in …

FOLLOWING the Accident Investigation Bureau’s ( AIB) release of the Preliminary report of the helicopter crash involving the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, operators of the aircraft, Caverton Helicopters has assured of its provision of safe air travel. Caverton Managing Director and Accountable Manager, Captain Josiah Choms made this known …

Look, my brother, I have travelled this airport on numerous occasions and this is the first time in years that I step out of the aircraft and feel like I am still in a lush environment. In fact I feel the same sensation as if I’m still in the aircraft and although this is quite nice, they need to maintain it so it doesn’t get bad. Maintenance is key.”

The initial findings also indicated that the bureau could not conduct drug and alcohol tests on the pilots and according to the weather report obtained from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET), the prevailing conditions were good but that the aircraft hovered to land in a brown out condition.

"In addition to the Authority oversight roles, NCAA has placed the onerous responsibility of the first line of safety on the operating airlines’ Pilot In Command of each flight and the assigned Engineer that authorized each flight. With all the various checks and counter checks put in place by NCAA combined with that of the operators, it is therefore improbable that any airline in Nigeria will operate a service with that kind of tyre.

As part of the resolutions made at the end of the meeting, operators or their representatives are to each open and fund a domiciliary account with which to effect all financial transactions with NAMA through monetary transfers to the agency’s sub-account with the CBN using a smart phone.

Tinkers strategies to save airlines operational downtime LEADSTREAM Aviation Training, recently approved as an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) has said it is studying the Nigerian market and would be bringing in a simulator soonest to bridge the training gap that exists due to lack of adequate training facilities to help …

CHIEF Executive Officer of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema has urged aviation workers, especially those in the airline arm of the industry, to imbibe the virtues of hard work, humility, honesty and integrity to save their organisations from going down. Onyema made the call on Thursday during a reception held …