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QUALITY of Jet A1, otherwise called aviation fuel was called to question as industry players are recommending the Joint Users Hydrant Installation (JUHI) at the airport to establish a laboratory to test the product to assure the quality and ensure it is not contaminated A stakeholder, Group Captain John Ojikutu  who pointed out the lines of accidents linked directly to …

INDUSTRY experts posit that any chief executive who hinders or tries to cripple the Quality Assurance system within the organization is heading towards unmitigated catastrophe and have called for the protection of Quality Assurance managers to ensure the integrity within a safety critical environment like aviation. National coordinator State Safety program, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Etete Ifeanyi who …

ASSISTANT Comptroller General (ACG) Zone A of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Doris Braimah has explained why the service is visibly peeved with officials of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) as she confirmed the underhand dealings by the officers at the Ikoyi Passport Office. Braimah made this known while speaking with newsmen after she held the first quarterly …

FEDERAL High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned till Thursday, March 11, 2020 a suit filed by West Link Airlines LTD, Sky Power Express Airways Nigeria Limited and Tropical Attic Logistics LTD against Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) and nine others. The plaintiffs are contesting the processes that led to the election and emergence of the new executives of the …

TOP stakeholders in the Nigeria’s aviation industry have confirmed participation in the conference with the theme, “Preventing Human Factors in Accident Occurrences, which holds this Friday, January 15, 2021 at the Sheraton Hotels & Suites, Lagos. The conference organized by Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Nigeria’s sole accident investigation agency, in partnership with the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), …

FEDERAL Ministry of Aviation has announced the Consortium of A J Walters Leasing Limited and Glovesly Pro-Project Limited as the preferred bidder to establish the Aviation Leasing Company; while the Consortium of A J Walters Aviation Limited, EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering (EGME) and Glovesly Pro-Project Limited as the preferred bidder to establish the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Centre This is …

Reviewing plans to link international and domestic terminals in Lagos As GAT passenger traffic hit 551,380 in six months MANAGING Director Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu has declared that all remaining three Chinese-Nigeria funded terminals in Lagos, Kano and Enugu will be delivered and commissioned before the 20th of January 2020. He made this known …

AGAIN, the Nigerian government has suspended the deduction of 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on airfares and other air transport services effective January 1, 2021 after a similar order was issued several years back. The latest suspension order is contained in the 2020 finance act recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The development confirmed in a tweet a …

EFFECTIVE December 31, 2020 Captain Ado Sanusi, the Managing Director of Aero Contractors has stepped down from the airline he has helped nurture back to health after the airlines fortunes dwindled for years when he was appointed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria. Captain Sanusi who confirmed this in a telephone interview with Nigerianflightdeck was the managing director of …

AS parts of its responsibility to reduce the high rate of human errors in air accidents in the Nigerian aviation industry, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB-N) in partnership with the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) is organising one day conference. The conference, which will be held both physically and virtually, is scheduled to hold on January 15, 2021, at …