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NCAA Threatens To Sanction Private Jet Owners For Commercial Operations

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned private jet owners in the country against the unauthorized use of their aircraft for commercial purposes, stressing that violators will be sanctioned. The warning was contained in a statement by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, and published on the NCAA’s official […]

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NCAA Suspends United Nigeria Airlines’ Wet-Leased Aircraft

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), on Monday announced the suspension of all wet-leased aircraft operated by United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) following Sunday’s diversion of airlines’ passengers to Asaba International Airport instead of at their intended destination, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. In the aviation sector, in a wet lease, an airline (the lessor) […]

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High Lending, Insurance Premium Rates Bane Of Nigerian Airlines – NCAA

The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu, has linked the underperformance and other operational challenges facing Nigerian airlines to high interest rates on credit and unbearable y insurance premiums for aircraft. Nuhu, was quoted by Nairametrics, an online medium, as saying during an interview that the impact of these high […]

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Nigeria Air Will Start Operations Before May 29 – Sirika

Barely 24 hours after the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) reminded the Federal Government on a pending court injunction restraining it from flagging of the proposed national carrier – Nigeria Air – until the determination of the suit before it, the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has insisted that the planned kick off of […]

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Aviation Workers To Commence 2-Day Warning Strike Monday

Aviation workers in the country have alerted of their plans to embark on two-day warning strike from Monday over alleged failure to implement the conditions of service agreement between their unions and some aviation agencies. The leaders of the major aviation  sector unions, comprising the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Services […]

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NACA Urges Airlines, Pilots On Safety Precautions During Rainy Season

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has advised pilots, airline operators and other stakeholders in the nation’s aviation sector on the need for caution in their operations as hazardous weather associated with rainy season begins its manifestations in the airspace. The aviation sector regulator gave this charge on Tuesday in an Advisory Circular (AC) with […]

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NCAA Suspends Azman Airlines Over Safety Issues

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Tuesday announced the suspension of Azman Airlines from operating in the nation’s airspace with immediate effect. The industry standards regulatory agency hinged its action on series of safety incidents involving the airline, especially its Boeing 737 aircraft. Confirming the suspension of the airline, the Director General of NCAA, […]

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Poor Corporate Governance Bane Of Aviation Sector – AMCON

The Managing Director, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Ahmed Lawan Kuru has identified lack of corporate governance and inadequate oversight as major challenges affecting growth of the nation’s aviation sector. Kuru, made this remark in a paper with the theme ‘Corporate Governance and Airline Industry development in Nigeria’ which he delivered as Guest […]

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NCAA Gives Airlines Deadline On Sales, Cargo Charges’ Remittance

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has given local and foreign airlines up to 31st of December, 2018 deadline to  automate/integrate and key into the Avitech platform for the remittance of the five percent Ticket Sales Charge/Cargo Sales Charge (TSC/CSC) or face severe sanctions. The deadline was set in a letter dated 14th of September,2018 signed by […]

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NCAA Generates N15.27Bn From Ticket Sales Charges

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recorded about N15.27 billion being Ticket Sales Charges (TSCs) on foreign and local commercial airlines plying the nation’s airspace from January to August this year. The charges comprised $16.98 million (about N6.12 billion) as TSC from international airlines and another N9.16 billion  from local airlines This is even as the […]