Aviation Archives — Page 21 of 28

July 3, 2018 No Responses

NAMA Deploys Two VHF Radios

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has successfully deployed two Jotron high-powered very high frequency (VHF) long-range communication radios, each installed in Lagos West and Lagos East Area Control Centres (ACCs). NAMA explained that the this was in line with...

June 26, 2018 No Responses

Cameroon Airlines Returns To Lagos-Doula Route

The Cameroon Airlines Corporation (Camair-Co) has returned its direct flight from Doula to Lagos, Nigeria, years after suspending flight operations between the two routes. The airline returned to the route last Saturday according to a statement from its Nigeri...

June 25, 2018 No Responses

NCAA: We Stand By Our Figures, Statistics

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has declared that it stands by the statistics and amount of money it published recently that it generated from the 5 per cent Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) and Cargo Sales Charge (CSC) in 2017....

June 22, 2018 No Responses

Arik Air Joins NCAA Automation Platform

The revenue collection of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA has received a boost as Arik Air joins the automation platform of the agency. The platform is meant to deduct at source the 5 per cent Ticket and Cargo sales...

June 21, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Removes VAT From Domestic Air Transportation

Barely three weeks after indigenous airlines in Nigeria threatened to stop remittance of Value Added Tax (VAT) to the Federal Government, the government has bowed to the demand of the local carriers. The umbrella body of local airlines in Nigeria,...

June 18, 2018 No Responses

2018 Airport Business Summit To Address Aviation Development Challenges

The forthcoming Airport Business Summit and Expo for Africa (ABSE) scheduled for Abuja is to address challenges in the continent’s aviation sector, according to the organisers. The summit, which would be held between July 4 to 6, 2018, with the...

June 15, 2018 No Responses

Air Ticket Sales In Nigeria Generates N505.2billion

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has disclosed that air tickets in the country was N505.2billion in 2017. According to the regulatory agency, the sales included that of domestic and international airlines. The breakdown of the sales indicat...

June 9, 2018 No Responses

IATA Lists Dana Air On Ground Operations Manual Registry

Dana Air has been announced as the latest African airline to be listed on the International Air Transport Association (IATA ) Ground Operations Manual (IGOM) registry. The International Grounds Operations Manual (IGOM) registry is for companies and airlines wh...

June 4, 2018 No Responses

Again, Ethiopian Airline Wins Reliability Award

Ethiopian Airlines has emerged the winner of the 2017 Airline Reliability Performance Award, for the seventh year in a row, from Bombardier Aerospace. Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Ethiopian Airlines said the airline was plea...

June 4, 2018 No Responses

IATA, AFRAA Seal MoU To Advance Aviation In Africa

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and The African Airline Association (AFRAA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen their cooperation. The MoU was signed by Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and AFRAA’s Sec...

June 1, 2018 No Responses

Airlines Threaten To Stop VAT Remittance In Nigeria

Indigenous airlines operating in the Nigerian aviation industry have threatened to from June 14, 2018 stop remittance of Value Added Tax (VAT) to the coffers of the Federal Government, saying that the continuous collection of such tax negated the principle...

May 30, 2018 No Responses

Aero Contractors’ Maintenance Facility To Save $90m Capital Flight

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the new Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility of Aero Contractors with capacity for aircraft C-checks and other comprehensive levels of maintenance established in Lagos would save the country an estimated ...

May 29, 2018 No Responses

Air Peace Gets Company Of The Year Award

Air Peace has been named Leadership Group ‘Company of the Year Award 2017.” The airline received the award weeks after it was recognised as a National Carrier of Repute at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Public...

May 28, 2018 No Responses

Bi-Courtney Faults Proposed Picketing

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), has described as acts of lawlessness the threats by the leaderships of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the Na...