FOLLOWING reported cases of attacks on airline officials by irate and belligerent passengers, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned air travellers to desist forthwith or face criminal charges as brutal attacks reported have become prevalent and are embarrassing and discourteous to such affected officials. In a statement signed by the General manager, Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye, the Authority …
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NCAA conducts substance test on 87 aviation personnel, suspends one for culpability
THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has conducted a random alcohol and drug tests on 87 licensed aviation personnel from two airline and Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) of which a crew member tested positive to psychoactive substance and has been immediately suspended by the Authority from carrying out further flight operations. This exercise was in compliance to a directive from …
Read More »Post audit: NCAA declare Abuja Airport Runway 99% complete
AFTER inspecting and auditing the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja runway today the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that the runway is 99% complete and work would be complete before reopening. Nigerianflightdeck had erroneously reported that the audit would commence from tomorrow in an earlier news item but the audit was scheduled for today from 10am. Director-General of …
Read More »N15bn TSC/CSC Debt: ART Scribe advises AON on external auditors
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 …
Read More »AON disputes ‘phantom’ N15bn debt, insists on independent auditors
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 …
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