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FG suspends $300 helicopter landing fees for oil companies

Posted on March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 by Wole Shadare

The Federal Government has once again ordered a temporary suspension of the controversial $300 helicopter landing fees specifically for oil and gas companies. This directive was issued on Monday by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, following a high-level meeting in Abuja with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and key industry stakeholders. Keyamo, Lokpobiri The enforcement and collection of the fees are suspended for an initial…

X-raying issues, gains of $300 helicopter levy controversy

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Wole Shadare

By Wole Shadare No end in sight The last may not have been heard about the helicopter levy introduced by Naebi Dynamic Concept Limited and approved by the Federal Government. There is no end in sight to the controversy generated by the introduction of a $300 helicopter landing levy for oil and gas companies. The Federal Government under former President Muhammadu Buhari had, through the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, introduced the…

$300 helicopter levy: NAMA to sanction defaulting operators, to shut down facilities, others

Posted on June 25, 2025June 25, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Issues seven days payment notice enforcement The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has notified all stakeholders, especially oil and gas operators, of the need for full compliance with the provision of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) Act on the prompt payment of helicopter landing levies for air navigation services rendered by the Agency within the Nigerian airspace and cover operations at Oil Fields, Terminals, Platforms, Rigs, Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units,…

Crashed Sikorsky helicopter crew disoriented before crash

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Used non-standard phraseology during flight, Struggled with aircraft Helicopter fitted with no FDR, CVR recovered from the seabed The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) on Tuesday released a preliminary report of an accident involving a Sikorsky S76C helicopter with registration 5N-BQG operated by East Wind Aviation Logistics Services Limited which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean South East of Eket, Bight of Bonny which occurred on October 24, 2024, killing all the eight occupants of the…

NAMA: $300 helicopter landing fee I’ll ease financial burden

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has said that it would recommence the collection of the controversial $300 landing fee on helicopter operators in the country soon. Speaking at the ongoing 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) on Wednesday in Kano, Mr Tayo John, Director of Air Traffic Services, NAMA, said that the collection of the fee would ease the agency’s current financial burden. Presenting a paper: ‘Financial…

Hasty speculations violate rules of helicopter crash probe

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The crash of a Sikorsky SK76 with registration 5NBQG operated by East Wind Aviation recently has elicited varied reactions from the aviation industry and outside of the industry. The comments by some self-styled aviation experts, self-appointed stakeholders and journalists have again brought to the fore the cardinal rule of aviation reporting which makes it highly unprofessional to give the cause of a crash that its investigation has not started not to talk of an accident…

NCAA: Crashed helicopter misconstrued for ‘scrap’ says aircraft airworthy

Posted on October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 by Wole Shadare

NCAA unveils record of crashed helicopter The Acting Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority NCAA), Capt Chris Najomo said the record of the details of the crashed S76C+Helicopter at the Bonny Finima last week was entirely different from the one described as ‘scrap’ by a section of the media, describingthe entire narrative as false. Najomo who spoke with Aviation Metric Wednesday morning said the media was free to get the details and history of the…

Three bodies recovered from helicopter crash at Bonny Finima

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said three bodies have been recovered out of the eight souls that perished in a helicopter crash that occurred at the Bonny Finima on Thursday. The accident occurred at about 11:22 am on 24/10/24. The aircraft which departed Port Harcourt Airport Base to an oil rig had 8 persons on board with a fuel endurance of 0215 according to NAMA. NAMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Musa…

8 die as helicopter plunges into Atlantic Ocean, NSIB launches probe

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Wole Shadare

NAAPE calls for optimal operating environment for professionals, mourns Capt. Dukas The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced an investigation into the accident involving a Sikorsky SK76c helicopter with registration 5N-BQG, operated by Eastwind Aviation. The helicopter, carrying eight individuals – six passengers and two crew members – went down into the Atlantic Ocean near Bonny Finima, off the coast of Calabar, during a routine flight on Thursday, October 24, 2024, at approximately…

Ministry, airline operators engage over helicopter landing fee

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development on Tuesday held a sensitisation meeting with the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on the report of the Ministerial Committee set up to review the collection of Helicopter landing levies. According to a statement by the Head, of Press and Public Affairs of the Ministry, Odutayo Oluseyi, the committee was mandated to review the exercise and develop recommendations. Oluseyi said this followed complaints by the airline operators. According…

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