Aviation

**Call for arrest of Arik promoters’ heightens **Nigerians wait for KPMG’s report-Ore A groundswell of condemnation has trailed the mismanagement of Arik Airline following additional revelations by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) that the former management of the carrier systematically plunged the airline into N387bn debts. Former Director of Flight Operations, Capt. Dele Ore heaped the blame on the door step of Sir Johnson Arumeni-Ikhide allegedly appropriating what he said was the property of Nigerians. …

 …flay N14.7bn debts Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has called on the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to open its books to scrutiny just as it challenged the aviation regulatory body to release the breakdown of how it arrived at ‘phantom’ bills of N15 billon said to be debts of domestic carriers. This call was made in a position paper made available to Woleshadare.net by Chairman, AON, Capt. Noggie…

  *No going back on new head office-Dunoma *Commercial, audit, media depts. raised down     The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has set up an investigative panel into the early morning fire that engulfed three departments at its corporate headquarters.   The panel consisting : Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA), Accident Investigation Bureau ( AIB), Department of State Services ( DSS), Nigeria Police, and personnel of its legal , safety and aviation…

**To conduct fresh election, gets instrument of office **Farouk Ahmed carpets former NAMA boss To correct the injustice meted out to Isaac Orishaleye led National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE) which was unceremoniously booted out of office by the then Management of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) in 2013, a reconciliatory committee headed by Mojisola Dokun has returned the instrument of office to the 2012 executive. Consequently, the 2012 national executive led by Orishaleye…

**13 fail to remit N14.7bn to agency    Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) has accused domestic airlines of colluding to cheat the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on the remittance of the five per cent Ticket Sales Charge(TSC) and Cargo Sales Charge (CSC) stating that airlines fraudulently calculate the charge with base fare alone exempting Fuel surcharge (YQ).   President of ATSSSAN, Ahmadu Illitrus made this known while speaking to Woleshadare.net in…

A major fire at the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is currently crippling activities at the Murtala Muhammed Airport and causing massive traffic build-up along the Ikeja –Agege Motorway. Airport users are presently facing difficulty assessing the area as traffic snarl has built up around the area and adjoining roads. FAAN fire service were battling to put out the inferno as at press time. As at the time of filing this report,…

  The United States President, Donald Trump is said to be pushing forward with plans to sell up to a dozen aircraft to Nigeria’s Air Force in its fight against the extremist group Boko Haram, a congressional source said on Monday. The deal, according to Reuters could be worth up to $600 million. The A-29 aircraft, with reconnaissance and surveillance as well as attack capabilities, are made by Brazil’s Embraer. But they use U.S. parts…

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is to immediately begin the calibration of the navigational aids at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja after the completion of work on the N5 billion refurbish runway. The runway is to be completed on April 19, 2017. After repairs, flights would not be allowed to land on the facility until the navigational tools are flight checked to guarantee accuracy and safety of aircraft. Calibration is the periodic evaluation of navigational…

  … to shut down old terminal for repairs, relocates airlines, others  Federal Government through the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has concluded to close down the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos terminal for total rehabilitation of the 39 year old facility by relocating flight operations to the new multi-million dollar ultra-modern terminal beside it. This is coming as the Federal Government plans to commission the new terminal August this year as the Chinese…