Author: Wole Shadare

Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have pledged to ensure that all outstanding debts are paid to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) as agreed. This assurance was given during a meeting between the management of the regulatory authority led by the Director General, Capt. Muhtar Usman and the operators at the NCAA on Wednesday. A statement from spokesman for NCAA, Sam Adurogboye said over 20 airlines chief executives and…

Arik Explorer, Arik Air’s leisure and packaged travel subsidiary, is launching a ground transfer service for London bound passengers from Heathrow Airport to destinations within London city. The ground transfer service is in collaboration with Puzzles Group and Hummingbird cars. The airline said all London bound passengers departing Lagos will be able to book this service at Murtala Muhammed International Airport with the option to pay in Naira. With this service, London-bound passengers need not…

*Carriers reconcile accounts        The Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Muhtar Usman today held a closed door meeting with airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON). The meeting  was to discuss the lingering crisis occasioned by humongous debts the carriers are alleged to owe various aviation agencies. The debts are said to b e in the region of over N20 billion. At the meeting were Chairman of Arik,…

A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday fixed May 12 for the trial of the Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Ibrahim Abdulsalam, and others charged with stealing. Abdulsalam is charged alongside six others over alleged stealing and diversion of the agency’s money amounting to N6.8 billion.   The other suspects are: Adegorite Olumuyiwa, Agbolade Segun, Clara Aliche, Joy Adegorite, and two Limited Liability companies, Randville Investment Ltd and Multeng Travels and…

*To staff at ASCON The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has pledged to collaborate with the newly inaugurated Runway Safety Teams at the nation’s major airports in their bid to enhance safety of air navigation along runways and associated airside facilities.  In a brief remark, while receiving members of the Lagos Runway Safety Team at the agency’s headquarters in Lagos, the Ag. Managing Director, Emma Anasi said the inauguration of runway safety teams in the…

  WOLE SHADARE writes that the frequent airline debt crisis puts carriers and agencies on the edge Face-off The run-in between Nigerian carriers and various aviation agencies over settlement of debts is becoming a recurring issue that is threatening the smooth operation of airlines as their operations are frequently disrupted. Each time the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation (NCAA) wield the big stick;…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has released summary reports of complaints received against international and domestic airlines for the month of January, February and March 2016. For the month of January, a total of 1, 282 flights were operated by 35 airlines. The airlines are Aero, African World, Air Cote d’Ivoire, Air France, Alitalia, Altas Air, Arik, ASKY, British Airways, Camair-Co, Cronos Air, Dana, Delta Air, Egypt Air, Emirates, Ethiopian Air, Etihad, Gambia Bird,…