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Civil Aviation

NCAA Approves Commercial Flight Operations At Bayelsa Airport

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*It’s A Dream Come True – Gov Diri Aherhoke Okioma,Yenagoa After months of high expectation, the Bayelsa State-owned airport, on Saturday, finally got the nod of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to commence commercial flight operations. The NCAA Director General, Dr. Nuhu Musa, presented the regulatory body’s approval letter to an elated Governor Douye […]

NCAA receives commendations for contribution to COVID-19 fight

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The African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) has singled out the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for recognition in the industry’s fight against the spread of coronavirus pandemic. In a letter addressed to the Director General by the Regional aviation regulatory body states that NCAA is the only State Civil Aviation Regulator recognized for its significant […]

COVID-19: NCAA puts on hold all foreign trainings

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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has put on hold all foreign trainings, pending inspections and various exchange programmes involving foreign trips due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This is just as the authority is urging officers of the authority who recently travelled abroad to self-isolate for 14 days among sundry other measures upon their return […]

FG makes possession of yellow card mandatory for international travels

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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in line with the directive from the Federal Ministry of Health has mandated airlines operating international and regional flights to commence the implementation of the use of the yellow card as a requirement for travel. In a letter to the affected airlines signed by the General Manager, Aeromedical Standards, […]

ICAO appoints Nigeria’s investigator as BAGAIA new helmsman

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The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has appointed Charles Erhueh, a safety investigator with the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Nigeria, as the new commissioner of the Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency (BAGAIA). Erhueh was picked after a thorough recruitment process in which various applicants from within and outside the member states applied for the […]

UK repatriates 16,000 people after Thomas Cook collapse

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Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said more than 70 flights were scheduled for Thursday to bring back 16,000 people to the country following the collapse of Thomas Cook. The authority also said more than 150 Thomas Cook crew and 30 per cent of the total number of passengers, in the first three days of the […]

NASENI, NCAA partners to produce locally made helicopters

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has partnered with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to provide relevant guides in its plan to produce Made-in-Nigeria helicopters. Besides, the agency charged with the responsibility of fast-tracking home-initiated industrialization, has placed an order for a Dynali H3 easy flyer sport ultralight helicopter for the […]

Nigerian airlines sold tickets worth N505.2bn in 2017 – NCAA

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), on Thursday said that domestic and international airlines operating in Nigeria sold tickets worth N505.2 billion in 2017. The Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Muhtar Usman made the disclosure at the Quarterly Business Breakfast Meeting of the Aviation Round Table (ART) in Lagos. The theme of the meeting was: “Evaluation […]

Nigeria to host IWAF

Nigeria will play host the International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO World Aviation Forum (IWAF), from 20-22 November, 2017 Although this is the third edition, this is the first held by any country as ICAO has held the first two editions at its headquarters in Montreal, Canada in 2015 and 2016. This year’s edition is a […]

Nigeria aviation to get global reckoning soon-Expert

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The former Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, said that by 2050, Africa would be the centre place for global aviation industry; while Nigeria would be centre of attraction. He made this assertion recently at the colloquium organised by Nigerian Travels Mart at Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos titled: ‘Vision 2050: […]

Abuja to become Africa’s conference capital – FCT minister

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The FCT Administration believes one of the major benefits from its massive investments in the completion of ongoing projects would be the positioning of Abuja as a major conference hub not only in Nigeria but in Africa. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, gave this indication when he received members of the International Civil […]