Aviation

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday agreed to fund the feeding and accommodation of evacuees in Lagos and Abuja. The minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 daily news conference in Abuja. Onyeama said the fund to cover the cost of evacuees’ feeding and accommodation was over N1 billion and since funding was not…

  The Federal Government is making good its threat to deal decisively with crew that flew in an unauthorized flight to the country by subjecting the pilots to 14 days quarantine. Just two day ago, a visibly angry Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika broke the news of the violation of flight approval given to a British based Flair Jet on his Twitter handle, saying the government would get to the root of the matter. Specifically,…

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…