Category: Aviation

File: Private jets Top bank chairmen, business moguls affected, NAMA gets list of affected planes The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Customs Service, will on Monday (today) ground over 60 private jets owned by very important persons in the country over unpaid import duty running into several billions of naira. According to documents exchanged between […]

The Nigerian government has clarified that no ban has been imposed on Nigerian airlines by the United States government. Acting Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Chris Najomo, said this in a statement on Monday. He emphasized that Nigeria had successfully attained Category One status under the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos has halted the sale of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines. The court declared null and void the sale of the shares of Nigeria Air to Ethiopian Airlines after determining the issues in the suit. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa on Monday ordered that the Federal Government’s plans to establish a national […]

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Wednesday, gave an insight into why he approved the relocation of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria headquarters to Lagos State from the Federal Capital Territory. He had recently issued a directive for the relocation of FAAN headquarters from Abuja to Lagos. In an internal […]

House of Representatives has summoned immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over the national carrier project, “Nigeria Air.” The lawmakers ordered the Committee on Aviation to invite Sirika to brief the lower legislative chamber on the state of the project as of the time he left office. The ex-minister is to shed light on […]

The House of Representatives on Thursday invited the immediate past Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, for questioning over the controversial National Air Carrier, Air Nigeria. In a motion sponsored by Tarkighir Dickson on the floor of the House at Thursday’s plenary, the Green Chamber noted that in 2016, Sirika proposed an aviation roadmap with the national […]

United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) A few hours after one of a Lagos-Abuja bound aircraft of United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) diverted to Asaba International Airport, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has suspended the particular wet-leased aircraft operated by the airline. A source close to NCAA on Monday said that the apex civil aviation regulatory body […]

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has summoned the heads of aviation agencies in the country over recurring safety issues in the industry. The meeting, scheduled for Monday in Abuja, will bring together executives from the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigeria Safety Investigation […]

South Africa’s green fuel potential hits 3.2 to 4.5b litres yearly The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has once again bemoaned airlines’ trapped funds in African countries, currently estimated at $1.68 billion. IATA, which is the clearing house for over 290 world airlines, said the perennial challenge is hurting the airlines, the concerned economies, and […]