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Tears flowed freely as the management of Caverton Helicopters, family members, friends, and colleagues of Captain Mike Omokore and First Officer Adzuayi Ewuga held a candlelight procession for the pilots who died on May 11 after the aircraft they were flying crashed. The procession which took place today started from Caverton Helicopters Hangar to toll gates of the Lagos airport amid dirge for the deceased pilots and others involved in the accident. Many of their…

For the safety of air travel in the country, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has advised pilots and airline operators to exercise caution over aviation hazardous weather in the rainy season. In an Advisory Circular (AC) initiated by the Directorate of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards (DAAS) addressed to all pilots and airline operators and signed by the Director-General, Capt. Musa Nuhu. The circular is coming on the advent of the Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP)…

Airlines under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have alerted the public of the impending disruptions to scheduled flight operations. Spokesman for AON, Obiora Okonkwo stated that this development was being forced on members by the growing scarcity of aviation fuel popular as Jet-A1. He stated that the scarcity is impacting negatively on the seamless conduct of air transport operations and would lead to flight re-scheduling, and, or, cancellations. He however stated that…

Airlines no longer operate on schedule The looming aviation fuel scarcity has been attributed to the delay and flight cancellations across major airports.  Dana Air in a statement by its Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Sukhjinder Mann last yesterday said the airlines are again witnessing the scarcity of Jet A1 fuel across the airports in Nigeria, which has in some cases, caused recent flight delays. Nigerian flying public has been subjected to harrowing experiences of flight…

Airline operators under the umbrella of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) made a volte-face as they unanimously agreed to suspend the withdrawal of services originally planned to begin tomorrow. The airlines had on Friday night issued a threat to down tools over the astronomical rise in the price of Jet A1 otherwise known as aviation fuel. The airlines that threatened to shut operations are Dana, Azman, Arik, Air Peace, Dana Air, United Nigeria Airline, Overland Airways,…

  Says Jet A1 hike not within Aviation Ministry’s purview   The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika said the supply of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1 is not within the purview of the Ministry, adding that the much it can do in the present situation is to engage with agencies, institutions and individuals in positions to provide succour to the airlines. This, he said is already being done by the relevant team led…

  Management of Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractor has described a report (Not in Aviation Metric) that the foremost carrier is on the verge of ‘Going Under’ as highly speculative, preposterous and misleading. It noted that The management of the carrier in a statement said it had with the Newspaper had nothing to suggest that Aero Contractors was on the verge of folding up, adding that the discussion focused on the challenges facing all airlines in…

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Finchglow Travels, Mr. Bankole Bernard has disputed the notion bandied by many people that some Nigerian airports are not viable, stressing that Nigeria has developed a flying culture that is making some hitherto ‘unviable’ airports to be commercially viable. One major challenge faced by Nigerian airports is their inability to generate enough revenue to operate without funding from the government. It is expected that airports should be able to generate…

A former Minister of Aviation in General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s cabinet in 1999, Alabo Graham Douglas is dead. He was said to have died this morning aged 82 years. In 1999, he was appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity, and in 2000, Minister of Tourism in the Olusegun Obasanjo cabinet, leaving office in January 2001. Until his demise, he remained a force in Rivers states politics. Graham-Douglas was born on May 8, 1939, in Abonnema in the Akuku-Toro…

The Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu has said that the aviation regulatory body is awaiting security clearance from the security agencies for the continuation of the process of Air Operator Certificate (AOC) for the planned national carrier-Air Nigeria. A security clearance is one of the multiple hurdles the carrier would scale before it is granted all the important flight certificates and one that would recognize it as an airline. Nuhu…