Aviation News

Tanzania’s Precision Air, ATR-42 with registration 5H-PWF Sunday morning ditched into Lake Victoria on approach to runway 31 at Bukoba airport (HTBU) from the financial capital, Dar es Salaam killing 19 of the 43 passengers on board. Twenty-six of the 43 people on board were initially said to be rescued and sent to hospital. The crash, which happened around 08:30 …

Dana Air has announced that it will resume flight operations on the 9th of November after a successful conclusion of the audit organised by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The airline in a statement said ” We are pleased to announce that we will resume flights operations on November 9th, having successfully concluding an audit organised by the Nigerian …

Redeploys 100 personnel from MMIA over recent infraction The Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris MFR has announced the summary dismissal of eight (8) personnel from the Service and a wide range of sanctions for 18 others found to have committed offences against discipline. This is just as he has approved the redeployment of 100 officers and men from …

The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has assured the National Assembly joint committees on aviation of the completion of the N92 billion second Abuja International Airport Runway before the exit of the current regime. Sirika gave the assurance on Thursday during an oversight visit to the airport by the joint committees of the Senate and House of Representatives led …

The Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria ( AIB-N), Engineer Akin Olateru informed the National Assembly joint committees on aviation that the drastic reduction in aircraft accidents in the country has brought down the insurance premiums on wide body aircraft from $800,000 a year to between $150,000 and $200,000. This information was shared just as two chairmen of the committees of …

Airlines have lamented the impact of yesterday’s action by the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) against Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) who manage the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two ( MMA2) on a Build Operate and Transfer ( BoT) basis. The airlines in say the losses came not only financially to them but as trauma to …

Management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two ( MMA2) have declared the action of Airport Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) illegal stating that there was no proper notice. The terminal operators reacting to the sack of 37 workers, 34 of which are unionists and the shutdown of their facilities …

As part of efforts to salvage a bad situation and one that would equally impact on the airlines, those operating from the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two ( MMA2) operated by Bi- Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) have relocated their flights to the General Aviation Terminal ( GAT) also called MMA1. This is the latest development following the Air Transport …

The Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2) has been closed off to both workers in the facility and passengers alike as the Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) members are picketing the company over what they described as unprovoked termination of the services of 34 union members. After negotiations broke down last weekend, ATSSSAN declared industrial action …

Worrying Indications in the aviation industry reveal that there is a further plan to demolish the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos to make way for a rehashed aerotropolis project. This demolition is coming barely seven months after the Ministry of Aviation …