The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Aviation to summon the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo. The upper chamber also resolved to summon the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA); Captain Chris Najomo, Airline…
Sirika justifies plan to demolish FAAN, NAMA offices for new airport city
Apparently in reaction to protests by stakeholders, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has justified the plan to demolish former headquarters of aviation agencies in Lagos for a new airport city project. Sirika said the cleanup is in the best…
MMA2 protest: Bi-Courtney recalls 37 dismissed workers
The Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport terminal two, said on Thursday it had recalled all the dismissed 37 workers, noting that it had also paid October salary to the workers. The PUNCH had reported on…
Passengers groan as 1 hour flight hits N75k
Air travelers have begun groaning bitterly under the prohibitive fares airline operators have rolled out for flights within Nigeria as a one-hour flight now costs over a hundred thousand (N100, 000) naira. When The PUNCH visited the domestic wings of…
Dana Air: Aggrieved passengers who destroy airline property will be prosecuted — AON
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), which is the umbrella body of all airline companies operating in Nigeria, on Thursday vowed that aggrieved passengers who destroy airline property or assault airline staff will be arrested and prosecuted. The AON also…
Azman begins corrections, shakes up management
Azman Air has started implementing the Corrective Action Plans (CAP) recommended by an audit report, including a shakeup of its management team. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) released the audit report on April 2, after grounding the airline since…
Suspension: Audit report indicts Azman Air
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)’s audit report on the activities of Azman Air has identified several gaps which the airline would have to close before resuming operations. This is just as the airline has commenced moves to close the…
Bird strike forces Aero Contractors plane to make air return in Kano
A Lagos-bound Aero Contractors aircraft was forced to make an air return on Sunday having suffered a bird strike in Kano. The captain of the aircraft was said to have taken the precautionary decision to make an air return when…
Azman Air not fit to fly- NCAA
The director-general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu, has said it will be criminal not to take any action against Azman Air as the company’s aircraft are not fit to fly.. Nuhu told members of the Senate…