NCAA to ground deficient airports, say non-certification affected Nigeria’s ICAO audit

NCAA to ground deficient airports, say non-certification affected Nigeria’s ICAO audit

Kaduna flights stoppage more of security issues than poor facilities-Nuhu     The Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Musa Nuhu on Saturday said the regulatory body would not certify any airport that fails to meet the necessary requirements for certification. He disclosed that any airport that has a deficiency would be grounded to the level of status they are. The NCAA DG equally lamented that the lack of certification of the airports…

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Interrogating NCAA’s six aircraft policy for start-ups, existing carriers

Interrogating NCAA’s six aircraft policy for start-ups, existing carriers

The new six-aircraft policy of the NCAA for start-ups and existing carriers could set the stage for more problems and erode gains made over the years. Emirates which has over 400 airplanes today started with two airplanes. Ethiopian Airlines which has become a success story in Africa started with just two airplanes to have over 150 aircraft in its fleet. The new policy which is expected to commence in 2025 is anti-aviation development, writes, WOLE…

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Nigerian airlines operate in difficult environment, says NCAA DG

Nigerian airlines operate in difficult environment, says NCAA DG

How to resolve SAATM challenges to achieve potential     The Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Musa Nuhu said the country’s carriers are operating in a very difficult environment, adding that an airline cannot operate in isolation from the economy it is operating. To him, the Nigerian economy is in very difficult times. Nuhu, in an interview with Aviation Metric in Abuja, decried the cost of financing which put the cost at 25…

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