Aviation

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA has issued an advisory circular to pilots and airline operators, regarding the severe dust haze and fog phenomenon prevalent in Nigerian airports. The statement signed by the Director-General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, on Tuesday, explained that an adverse weather condition was expected to subsist …

The House of Representatives has said Nigeria’s aviation sector needs about N50bn to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic while dismissing the N4bn proposed by the Federal Government as grossly inadequate. The House Committee on Aviation, which addressed journalists in Abuja on Monday, noted that other countries were providing …

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, has said the country cannot afford to conduct free COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving into Nigeria. Aliyu, who made this statement on Saturday during a webinar organised by the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike …

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Monday says it observed that some airlines operating domestic flights in the country are breaching the protocol put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. The regulatory agency, therefore, warned defaulters to desist from the act or face “severe penalties” …

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has advised foreign airline operators to allow intending passengers traveling to Nigeria board flights without any QR code. This is owing to the issues arising from uploading information on the Nigeria International Travel Portal. This was contained in a memo signed by the Director-General of …

As Nigeria reopens its airspace and international flights resume at the airports, there are concerns that non-compliance issues in the payment of COVID-19 tests into the government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA), are causing disruptions to flights. By law, passengers flying into Nigeria are required to present a negative PCR test …

The Federal Government has released the list of nine airlines granted approval to commence international flights in Nigeria. Speaking at a briefing of the Presidential TaskForce on Thursday, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, confirmed the September 5 as the date for the resumption flights, backing an earlier statement issued …

Amid the recent closure of the nation’s airports, the total revenue generated by two of the major oil marketing companies in the country from the sale of aviation fuel plunged by 58.1 per cent in the first half of the year, compared with the same period of 2019. The nation’s …

Nigeria is making progress to reverse the United States suspension of the issuance of “immigrant visa” to Nigerian passport holders, President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday in Abuja. Receiving the report of the committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonization chaired by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, the President expressed …

The management of Air Peace Airlines has agreed to recall a sizable number of the 70 pilots sacked recently due to the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry. This decision was reached after an intervention meeting called by the minister of aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, between the airline management …