The statement said the announcement was contained in a Circular Ref: NCAA/DG/AOL/21/16/01 sent to all Airline Operators in April
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The committee also frowned at the NCAA’s tradition of spending 98 per cent of its budgetary allocation on recurrent expenditure, with two per cent set aside for capital projects
The statement warned that NCAA would mete out sanctions on any airline that increased its airfare arbitrarily without filing the proposed add-on charges with the regulatory authority for approval
The statement said: “Safety is a collective responsibility and we appreciate the cooperation from all stakeholders, particularly the airlines, toward safe operations in the outgoing year
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 34 passengers of the airline’s Boeing 737-500 series aircraft had to use ladder to disembark from the aircraft due to malfunctioning of the air stairs at Bauchi airport
This was contained in a circular dated November 9 and signed by the Director of Airworthiness Standards, Benedict Adeyileka, on behalf of the Director General of the NCAA, Captain Mukhtar Usman
NUATE and NAAPE Secretary Generals, Messrs Olayinka Abioye and Aba Ocheme respectively, in a letter they jointly signed, directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike from Sunday midnight
NAN reports that Nigeria had performed excellently in the nine-day audit conducted on the nation’s aviation security system by ICAO international auditors earlier in June
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Muhtar Usman, on Tuesday ordered the immediate comprehensive audit of…
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday threatened to publish names of airlines who had not been remitting the five…
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The state Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah, in a statement on Wednesday, said the issues raised by the NCAA had been known to the state government, which had already set in motion the machinery for effecting the upgrade demanded by the regulatory agency
Babatunde Babalola, the Chairman of Discovery airline, had recently told newsmen that it had lost N1 billion due to the suspension of the airline’s operation
Senate on Tuesday referred the request of President Goodluck Jonathan for approval to obtain $1 billion loan to fight insurgency to its Committee on Finance, which is expected to report back in one week.
It said that passengers were required to remain calm while avoiding violence and confrontation with airline officials as the measure was to ensure their safety
The airline’s Public Relations Manager, Luke Terver-Uzer, said in a statement issued in Ikeja, Lagos State on Monday that the regulatory agency was weak in dealing with unruly passengers
The statement reads: “This meeting is consequent upon several complaints received by the Directorate of Consumer Protection of the NCAA from passengers, who were scheduled for Arik Air’s combined service to Freetown and Banjul on May 2
A statement by Overland’s Deputy General Manager (Media), Sam Adurogboye, said the company successfully went through the process and had met the requirements set by the regulatory authority
Adeyileka said: “The agency is satisfied with the entire audit exercise and the exemplary performance of the international regulatory authority, NCAA is confident of a good report from the FAA
The affected parastatals were the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology