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"At the point of negotiations or re-negotiations of the agreement, if a service provider e.g. in this instance the Ground Handler objects to the insertion of the penalty clauses without any cogent or convincing reasons, then at the point the Client/ Airline could look for alternatives or negotiate with a service provider that demonstrates readiness to take responsibility and capacity of critical risk mitigations and safety standards compliance.

An equipment of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc today collided with an Airbus A320 aircraft belonging to Air Peace with the registration number: A320 ES-SAZ at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, damaging the aircraft elevator by the NAHCO stairs equipment. The incident led to the disrupting the airlines scheduled flight operations. According to the source, before the incident …

Captain Ibrahim Mshelia, Chairman of West Link has described as a welcome development, the Director General Civil Aviation’s plans to review the National Aviation Policy for the development of the industry saying he has made his submissions. This is just as he has criticised what he described as disingenuous state weather minima laws, wondering why the country would pay so …

Managing Director of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi has said no airline can succeed or make profit basing their operations on wet-leasing aircraft stating that most wet-lease agreements in the country are only to fill a particular lacuna for a short term. This is just as he has said that no aviation industry can thrive without a formidable maintenance organisation …

NIGERIAN Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has granted an Air Operators Certificate, (AOC) to Xejet  after completion of its certification processes. The new entrant received the operational document at the NCAA office at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Director General of the NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu during the presentation of the AOC said: “I must say, to go through this …

DIRECTOR General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu has given some insights as to why airlines are reducing fares stressing that they ( airlines) may be suffering over capacity and that these fares may not affect safety in any case.   He however said that the NCAA is on top of airlines’ economic regulations and …

Says GCAA told airline not to bring its wide bodied aircraft AIR Peace has reacted to the November 10, 2021 letter written to Minister of Aviation,Hadi Sirika by the UAE Minister of Economy who also doubles as the Chairman of their GCAA and has described as misinformed, the position of UAE, especially as it concerns the airline. A letter signed …

Says NCAA acting against the spirit of BASA calls for Winter Schedule reinstatement ASRTI commends move says it will address negative trade balance UNITED Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday told the Minister of Aviation that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is acting against the spirit of the agreed air services arrangement between the two nations asking the Nigerian Authorities to …

NIGERIAN Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has again threatened to start demolishing some telecommunication masts belonging to telecommunication companies, especially Globacom Limited in various locations across the country over illegal erection of high infrastructure and failure to pay N5.9billion renewal fees for aviation height clearance. NCAA in a letter dated July 14, 2021 titled Illegal Erection of High Structures and Refusal …

  NATIONAL Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has given the Minister of Finance, Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Salaries and Wages Commission and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) a 21 day ultimatum to conclude and approve the release of the Conditions of Service or risk a withdrawal of service. The pilot and engineer body said …