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Flight delays, cancellations take joy out of air travel, NCAA begs travelers

Posted on December 24, 2023December 24, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Agency monitors refreshments handling, cares for stranded passengers Worried by incessant flight delays and cancellations, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has pleaded with passengers as a result of inconveniences in the last couple of days. Delays and cancellations currently experienced by passengers have taken away the joy of air travel, just as airlines have complained about poor visibility as a reason for the problems encountered by air passengers. Aside from that, airlines cannot attend…

Bellagio Air promises to make impact, apply cutting edge technology to enhance air travel in Nigeria

Posted on December 24, 2023December 24, 2023 by Wole Shadare

As more airlines adorn the country’s sky, Bellagio Airlines said it looks forward to making a lasting impact on the aviation landscape, delivering enhanced travel experiences, and contributing to the growth and progress of Nigerian aviation. The carrier equally expressed its commitment to bridging process gaps, embracing cutting-edge technology, and utilizing ancillary channels to enhance domestic air travel within Nigeria. Speaking during a courtesy call on the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Olorogun Festus…

Passengers to get 25% rebate for delayed, cancelled flight in 2024-NCAA

Posted on December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 by Wole Shadare

States to run aerodromes for five years before handover to FG Proliferation of airports political- Najomo State airports gulp over N400b The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) would in January 2024 make a wide range of decisions that would help the aviation industry in terms of consumer protection, airport certification, and new policies on the mode of handing over aerodromes to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) by the state government among others….

FAAN inducts 201 AVSEC to boost airport safety capacity

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Wole Shadare

In a bid to respond to the 21st century of airports and passenger management, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Tuesday inducted 201 aviation security cadets. Basic Standard Training Programme (STP 123) Course is a residential training programme with a duration of eight weeks designed to help integrate new Cadets into the Civil Aviation Industry to implement, monitor and enforce aviation security measures proactively by locally approved regulations. Kuku The managing director of…

FG mulls 50% fare subsidy, Minister, airline operators hold strategic meeting

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The Federal Government is tinkering with the idea of subsidizing airfares to reduce the high costs of tickets. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo was said to have held a meeting last week Friday with airline operators through their umbrella body, Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) with a view to fine-tuning modalities for its realization. Present at the meeting with the Minister are the President of AON, Dr Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina,…

Adelabu’s plane accident: Flint Aero crew lack experience for night flight- Report

Posted on December 15, 2023December 15, 2023 by Wole Shadare

A preliminary report released by the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) indicated that Flints Aero Services Ltd crew, the airline that flew Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu from Abuja to Ibadan Airport lacked sufficient experience in night-time flight operations just as the carrier was equally indicted for violating the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) issued to it by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The airline according to the NSIB was issued with a Permit for Non-Commercial…

Directors Dismissed in Sweeping Aviation Industry Overhaul

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Twenty-four hours after the Federal Government sacked all the aviation agencies’ chief executive officers, all the directors of aviation agencies, including the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMET), Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB), have been relieved of their appointments. This was announced on Thursday by Odutayo Oluseyi, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. The affected…

Gale of sack as FG removes FAAN, NAMA, NSIB MDs, suspends DG NCAA

Posted on December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 by Wole Shadare

President Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension, removal, and replacement of the following Chief Executive Officers under the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development: The managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed has been removed from office and replaced by Mrs. Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku as the substantive Managing Director of the FAAN. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Mr. Tayib Adetunji Odunowo has…

Keyamo: Concession not negotiable, passengers to get compensation for delay, cancellations Jan 2024

Posted on December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Respite came on Tuesday for many passengers who had suffered huge losses and were frustrated as a result of flight delays and ccancellations as the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo stated that regulators of the aviation sector would begin to compel airlines to compensate passengers for delayed or cancelled flights by January 2024. This is coming as the Minister said that the best way to tackle infrastructure decay at many of the country’s airports is…

Foreign airlines at breaking point over $792million stuck funds, expansion threatened, may cease operations to Nigeria

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Thursday said international airlines whose total funds of $792 million are stuck in Nigeria are getting to a breaking point where they find it extremely difficult to expand their operations both in Nigeria and elsewhere. The IATA’s Regional Vice President Africa & Middle East, Kamil Al-Awadhi at a media presentation with African journalists at the IATA Global Media Day in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday called on the Federal Government…

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