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Minister hails airlines for exercising restraint Dr. Olowo tells government to act now THE planned suspension of operations by some airlines from tomorrow Monday, 9th May, 2022 was dealt a severe blow with more airlines including Overland Airways and Arik Air joining Ibom Air and Dana Air to announce that they will not be suspending operations. As it stands Azman …

AIR Transport Specialist and managing director Avialog Company Limited, Mr. Richard Aisuebeogun has said that the high mortality rate of airlines in Nigeria are due to a variation of factors including unstable forex, jet fuel, spare parts, insurance, mismanagement and corruption among others. He also proffered some solutions to some of these challenges ranging from infrastructure upgrade to implementation of …

  NIGERIAN Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has ordered all airlines operating International and Regional flights into Nigeria to ensure they issue Health Declaration Forms to their passengers including crew members before arriving Nigerian airports or face severe sanctions. The CAA gave this order following failure of some airlines operating International and Regional flights into Nigeria to provide Health Declaration Forms …

OVERLAND AIRWAYS has announced plans to relocate flight services back to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from the Kaduna International Airport following the reopening of the Abuja Airport, which was shut down to flight operations for six weeks from March 8, 2017, to allow for major repairs on the runway. The Federal Government had announced that the Abuja Airport …

MANAGING Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Engr. Saleh Dunoma has said that everything about the Nnamdi Azikiwe  International Airport, Abuja runway will be ready by April 17 (tomorrow), two days before reopening leaving room for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)to embark on certification of  the airport in accordance with their standards . Speaking on Saturday evening, …

AN aviation stakeholder and member of industry think tank group, Aviation Round Table (ART), Group Captain John Ojikutu (RTD) has said that the dispute between the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) is resolvable without resorting to spending monies on external auditors. Reacting to the recent release by the AON secretariat calling for an …

AIRLINE Operators of Nigeria (AON) has denied what it described as the ‘phantom’ N15bn debt owed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and has offered to pay for an independent Auditing firm at its own expense to audit NCAA as an organization and the N15bn NCAA claims . This is just as the AON has said that it is not …

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has auctioned $418 million at a marginal rate of N310 to a dollar, to airlines, agriculture, petroleum and raw materials sub sectors. This is just as the apex bank has said that it would sustain forex supply.

Accuses domestic airlines of conspiracy AIR Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) has accused domestic airlines of colluding to cheat the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on the remittance of the 5% Ticket Sales Charge(TSC) and Cargo Sales Charge (CSC) stating that airlines fraudulently calculate the charge with base fare alone exempting Fuel surcharge (YQ). President of ATSSSAN, …

NIGERIAN FLIGHT DECK  has unearthed a copy of the debt profile of airlines showing that total debt of airlines operating in the country stands at N14,731,838,064.59 approximately N15 billion for the month of December 2016 alone. The thirteen airlines, according to the documents shows that most of the airlines are operating while others are currently not in  operation but have …