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- 2 Sept 2024
Nigeria ‘Delisted’ from US Category One Aviation Status
Nigerian airlines have been delisted from the United States Federal Aviation Administration Category One Status (USFAA CAT 1) International Aviation Safety Assessment programme (IASA). This is due…
- 4 Mar 2014
NCAA Gears-Up for Cat 1 Certification Re-assessment
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said that all hands are on deck to ensure the certification is retained, following a notification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to re-assess…
- 9 Oct 2014
FAA Extols Nigeria on Category One recertification
The Federal Airport Administration (FAA) of the United States has praised the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for taking bold steps to retain the International Aviation Safety Assessment…
- 6 Apr 2014
NCAA Hopeful of FAA Favourable Report on CAT 1 Re-Assessment
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), said at the weekend that it expects favourable report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States on the recent category 1…
- 4 Sept 2017
US May Bar Nigerian Airlines over Safety Concerns
United States federal aviation administration has given Nigerian airlines a 65-day ultimatum to resolve specified security issues or risk being barred from flying to its country. A team of US FAA…
- 29 Dec 2021
How 5G Could Make a Mess of a Flight
If certain not-yet-activated 5G phone frequencies don’t stay in airplane mode, the Unites States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is prepared to hang up on some flights in January. This was…
- 3 Jan 2022
5G Network Dangerous to Aeroplanes: US Aviation Experts
The 5G Network can interfere with sensitive aircraft electronics like radio altimeters that could disrupt flights, the U.S. aviation industry and Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) have said. Their…
- 21 Aug 2013
FAAN Links ICAO Nigeria’s Airspace Record To Aviation Master Plan
Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) believes the recent report by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) listing Nigeria as one of the 14 countries in Africa that have achieved…
- 25 Feb 2017
FG Sacks All Civil Aviation Directors
Federal government has sacked 10 directors in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), with immediate effect. The Ministry of Transport on Friday approved the sack. Mr Sam Adurogboye, general…
- 24 Jun 2022
IATA Urges Governments, Aviation Sector Collaboration in Deploying 5G Networks
The International Air Transport Association has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and the governments of other countries to work closely with the aviation industry to ensure that aviation and…
- 10 Jan 2017
Buhari Sacks, Appoints New CEOs for Aviation Parastatals
President Muhammadu Buhari monday approved the appointments of four new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) for four agencies and parastatals in the ministry of aviation. In a statement signed by the…
- 28 Nov 2013
Aviation Industry Loses $1.2Bn Annually Bird Strikes
Bird strikes all over the world, apart from resulting in emergency landings and damages to aircraft, it costs the industry a minimum of US$1.2 billion (888 million euros) annually. The sum is spent…
- 12 Jan 2014
NCAA Refutes Air Crashes Complicity Claims
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has debunked reports in a local medium insinuating that the Authority was responsible for the last two plane crashes in the country. It said that the…
- 31 Jul 2014
Aeroconsult Sets Agenda for Chidoka
The management of Aeroconsult has advised Mr Osita Chidoka, new Aviation Minister, to be pro-active in his approach toward the administration of the civil aviation industry in Nigeria during…
- 8 Oct 2014
Nigeria Aviation Shines on World Stage
The aviation community is in a celebratory mood following confirmation that Nigeria had retained her Category-one status. This has once again confirmed in unambiguous terms that the reforms in the…
- 28 Jun 2021
FG Acquires N1.7Bn Mobile Control Towers for Airspace Coverage
Senator Hadi Sirika, minister of Aviation, said that the federal government has acquired two mobile control towers worth N1.7 billion in order to further enhance coverage of Nigeria’s airspace and…
- 4 Dec 2013
FG Committed to Jigawa Airport Project-Oduah
Princess Stella Oduah, aviation minister, has said the Federal government is very committed to the actualisation of the dream of Jigawa Airport project. The Minister spoke while on inspection tour of…
- 16 Nov 2017
FG to Partner Boeing to Launch National Carrier
Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, has said that the Federal Government is set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Boeing on the establishment of a national carrier for…
- 10 Nov 2014
FAAN Partners EFCC On Corruption
Osita Chidoka, minister of Aviation, has urged staff of the Federal airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to always consider how their actions would add value to the aviation sector and make it more…
- 12 Jun 2012
Poor ICT Fingered in Dana Plane Crash
The recent Dana plane crash in Lagos has exposed the frightening dearth of modern technologies in the nation’s aviation sector, making the touted achievements in the industry only cosmetics, Nigeria…
- 14 Jan 2013
NCAA Warns Pilots, Airlines of Harmattan Haze
Henceforth, no pilot is expected to take off without being properly briefed by the Nigerian Metrological Agency (NIMET), in view of the current harmattan haze being experienced across the country.…
- 30 Mar 2018
SpaceX to Build Global Broadband Satellite Services
The top U.S. telecommunications regulator gave formal approval to a plan by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a global broadband network using satellites. “This is the first approval of a U.S.-licensed…
- 10 Jan 2022
US Operators Agree C-Band Buffers for Airports
AT&T and Verizon agreed to allow buffer zones around certain US airports to reduce the risk of disruption from potential interference once they activate new 5G services in C-Band spectrum. The…
- 21 Mar 2019
How Untrained Pilot Killed 157 on Ethiopian Airways-Report
The captain of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight that killed 157 people when the plane crashed shortly after take-off in Ethiopia, did not practise on a new simulator for the Boeing 737 MAX 8, a…
- 8 Dec 2020
US Consulate Plans Drone Bootcamp for Nigerian Entrepreneurs
The United States Consulate General Lagos in collaboration with Global Air Drone Academy and Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has announced a call for applications for the Nigerian Drone Business…
- 20 Jan 2022
5G Launches in US without Huge Impact on Flights
AT&T and Verizon, telecom giants began 5G service in the United States without major disruptions to flights after the launch of the new wireless technology was scaled back. The firms spent…
- 4 Aug 2013
Pilots, Engineers Ask Airlines to Merge
Pilots and engineers have advised Nigerian airline operators to consider mergers, acquisition, collaboration (code sharing), and the likes to save the industry from collapse. Rising from their recent…
- 22 Jun 2016
Exploiting Economic Potentials of the Nigerian Aviation Industry
The aviation industry is a catalyst for socio-economic development anywhere! It provides the fastest and safest means of transportation of persons and cargo within and between countries thereby…
- 18 Jan 2024
FG Moves FAAN headquarters to Lagos
Federal Government (FG) has relocated the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos. The relocation was officially announced by the Minister of Aviation and…
- 17 Jul 2017
Nigeria Moves to Exploit Drone Technology for Economic Benefits
Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, said Nigeria is ready to benefit from economic opportunities of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System popularly known as drones. Sirika disclosed this at…