Aviation

FG plots post COVID-19 reforms for aviation  Airlines’ recapitalization on the card, NCAA to review regulations   For flouting conditions of flight operations occasioned by the closure of Nigeria’s airspace, a United Kingdom-based aviation company, Flair Air, has its Brazilian made Embraer 135 aircraft impounded by the Federal Government. Specifically, Flair Air operated a commercial flight as against the humanitarian operations it was given approval to operate to Nigeria. The aircraft is currently grounded in…

  The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has come out in strong defence of the implementation of Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) automation, saying that the project has not been abandoned. Spokesman for NAMA, Mr. Khalid Emele said the disclosure by the Aeronautical Information Management Association of Nigeria (AIMAN) that “NAMA management has neglected the implementation of the AIS Automation, thereby exposing personnel to Covid-19 pandemic.” was no true. The AIS Automation contract, he explained was signed since 2009…

  Paper flight plan risk to dispatchers-AIMAN In what appears to be all motion without movement, the Aeronautical  Information Management Association of Nigeria (AIMAN) has taken a swipe at non automation of Aeronautical Information System (AIS) years after the project was implemented by other poorest West African countries. The group lamented that Nigeria has over the years remained stagnant with the automation of AIS. While Nigeria has remained stuck in the same position, many have…

  Airlines lie in wait for Nigeria’s aviation market FAAN denies post COVID-19 travel guidelines The various aviation agencies comprising the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) are holding strategic meeting on how to ease the ban on air travel. Woleshadarenews gathered that the FAAN and especially the NCAA are looking at the various strategies put in place…

  Seeks bail to save sector Aviation workers have pleaded with the Federal Government to come to the urgent intervention of the sector to prevent a total collapse of a sector they said is worst hit by deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The workers represented by the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), an affiliate of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said many of the airlines were on life support before the advent of COVID-19, stressing that many of…

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Zaria says it has commenced online training in compliance with the federal government directives to curtail the spread of Covid- 19 pandemic A statement from the rectors office said, the foremost aviation college commenced training activities in order to ensure continuation while maintaining the restrictions and social distancing. It stated that the college has developed Online Virtual Learning (OVL) system for conduct of theoretical knowledge based subjects. The…

    No fewer than 200 Nigerians stranded in Canada will be airlifted back to Nigeria, by Air Peace Airline. The Nigeria High Commission in Canada said that the stranded persons, because of the COVID-19 travel restrictions would be airlifted on Thursday, May 14. A Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Air Peace had been specially arranged to bring back the returnees on Thursday. It noted that it could be the only special evacuation flight for…

  Local airlines are already at the receiving end of COVID-19 pandemic. They have been dealt yet another blow as they miss out in the evacuation of Nigerians abroad amid huge implications. WOLE SHADARE reports The neglect The age-long neglect of Nigerian carriers in crucial moment when it comes to making them take part in making money in difficult times came to the fore again recently. Just last week, the action of the Federal Government to engage foreign…

  The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) has ruled out waiver for cargo agents who are asking for 100 per cent waiver on storage. The demand of the agents is based on the premise that an agency of government, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is taking on the financial burden of the 100 per cent  waiver at the seaports and issuing credit notes to port terminal operators. The firm however said this is not the case…