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- 21 Feb 2016
Capt. Fola Akinkuotu Emerges Substantive CEO Aero
Mr. Adeniyi Adegbonmire, the receiver manager, has appointed Capt. Fola Akinkuotu as substantive CEO for Aero Contractors, as part of the second phase of the restructuring process of the…
- 14 Mar 2013
Jonathan Nominates Akinkuotu to Replace Demuren @ NCAA
President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated, Fola Akinkuotu, rector, Ilorin College of Aviation, Kwara state, to lead Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) following the removal of Harold Demuren,…
- 5 Jul 2013
Passengers Bill of Right Takes Effect Soon-NCAA
The new Passenger Bill of Right will come into effect before the end of this month , Captain Fola Akinkuotu, director general, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) assured. Akinkuotu gave the…
- 7 Aug 2013
NCAA to Regulate Employment of Technical Personnel
Captain Fola Akinkuotu, director general of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority , has urged pilots and other technical personnel in the nation’s aviation sector to stay focused, promising that very…
- 14 Oct 2013
NCAA Appeals for Caution on Reporting Aviation Matters
Captain Fola Akinkuotu, director general, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has called for caution in the reportage of aviation matters in the country insisting that several aspects of the…
- 31 Aug 2016
Aero Suspends Scheduled Services, Laments Harsh Economy
Aero Contractors Airlines has announced the suspension of its scheduled services from today, Thursday September 1. A statement from Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, chief executive officer, said the development…
- 19 Jun 2013
Uneasy Calm in Aviation Circles as Senate Delays Approval of NCAA DG
Three months after President Goodluck Jonathan nominated Captain Fola Akinkuotu as a replacement for Dr Harold Demuren, former Director General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA), the Senate…
- 3 Jul 2013
NCAA Holds First Open Forum Under New DG
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) will today hold its first Stakeholders’ Open Forum under the leadership of Captain Fola Akinkuotu, the new director general. According to press statement…
- 27 Sept 2013
NCAA Chides Arik Air's over Unfair Treatment of Passengers
Captain Fola Akinkuotu, director general of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), on Friday frowned at Arik Air over unfair treatment of its Calabar bound passengers who were delayed for more than…
- 20 Jan 2017
New NAMA MD Solicites Workers' Support On Airspace Safety
Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, newly appointed managing director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has called for the support and collaborative effort of staff as he aims at making the…
- 10 Dec 2013
FG Commences Audit of Dana Airline
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on behalf of the Federal Government, has commenced a full scale operational audit of DANA Airline. Captian Fola Akinkuotu, director general of the Agency…
- 7 Jun 2017
FAAN, NAMA Declare Readiness to Implement Executive Order
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced that the implementation of Executive Order as directed by Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, the Acting President of Nigeria, is on course and at 60…
- 22 Jul 2019
NAMA Divides Lagos Area Control Centre
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has successfully split the Lagos Sub-Flight Information Region (Sub-FIR) airspace into two sectors to improve the quality of air traffic services in the…
- 14 Oct 2013
89 Escape Death as IRS Plane Crashes in Kaduna
Another tragedy was averted on Sunday morning in Kaduna, after an IRS Fokker 100 aircraft with 89 passengers lost two tyres while landing. This is coming two weeks after a plane crashed in…
- 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…
- 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…
- 5 Mar 2014
FG Sacks Heads of Aviation Agencies
The sack tsunami that started in Aviation industry three weeks ago, on Tuesday has swept away the heads of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Airspace Management…
- 21 Dec 2016
Aero Contractors Resumes Flight Services Today
Aero Contractors Airlines has announced the resumption of its scheduled services across the country from today, December 21, 2016 after a near four-month self-imposed suspension. The suspension,…
- 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…
- 26 Jan 2014
NCAA Clears Dana Air to Fly
Dana Air has received a go ahead to resume operations, more than three months after it was grounded for technical and safety reasons. A statement from the airline said, following the successful…
- 5 Jan 2014
NCAA Chides Aero Over Maltreatment of Passengers
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued a warning letter to Aero Contractors over the poor handling of passengers on its Abuja- Calabar flight late last year. The warning was conveyed in…
- 25 Dec 2018
Good News: Lagos, Abuja Airports to Land Planes Even During Bad Weathers
Airplanes that operate in and into Nigeria will start landing at two of the country’s busiest international airports during periods of poor visibility beginning from February next year, the Nigerian…
- 18 Jul 2016
Spectranet Takes Internet onboard Aero Flights
Spectranet 4G LTE, in furtherance of its brand evolution journey and commitment to provide world class internet service experience, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Aero Contractors. The…
- 26 Jun 2013
Senate Confirms Akikuotu as New DG of NCAA
Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Captain Fola Akikuotu as the substantive director general, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), following the adoption of the report of the Senate…