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NCAA SUSPENDS FIRST NATION AIRWAYS OPERATIONS  The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the Air Operators Certificate (AOC) of First Nation Airways indefinitely. Spokesman of NCAA, Sam Adurogboye disclosed see this on Sunday. According to the NCAA , the suspension   was  conveyed to the Airline via a letter  with reference n o. NCAA/DG/CSLA/RM/1-06/18/2304 dated 11 th  May, 2018,  signed by the Dir ector General . The letter titled:"  NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF AIR OPERATORS CERTIFICATE" ,   was delivered to the Airline on Friday, 11 th  May, 2018 and First Nation Airways has acknowledged receipt. The suspension, the NCAA said  is sequel to the flagrant and continuous violation  of the terms and conditions of issuance of it AOC by the Airline thereby carrying out unauthorised and illegal operations.  The letter  revealed that  when the AOC of  First Nation Airway...

Stakeholders to Sirika: inaugurate agencies’ boards  Posted By:  Kelvin Osa-Okunbor   On:  May 15, 2018  In:  Aviation 0 Some stakeholders have called on Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to inaugurate boards of agencies. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria and the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), among others, have been running without boards in the past five months. Muhammadu Buhari directed that the boards be inaugurated when he constituted them last December 29.…  Read more

EBOLA VIRUS: NCAA CALLS ON AIRLINES TO BE VIGILANT       The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has called for a high level vigilance by the airlines  operating international and regional flights into the country on measures to curtail the possible spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Part of the measures is for pilots in command of any aircraft to report to air traffic controllers any suspected case of communicable disease on board their flight in line with civil aviation regulations. The NCAA directed that in the  case of any suspected case of communicable disease on board an aircraft, aircrew are to fill the General Declaration (Gen Dec) and Public Health Passenger Locator forms in line with Nigerian civil aviation regulations. The NCAA disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement by its spokesman, Sam Adurogboye. According to Adurogboye, the NCAA has directed airlines to carry out the measures,  to forestall the EVD infiltration....

Dana Air introduces ''Cash Back'' reward for passengers             Dana Air  has introduced another customer-centric initiative designed to enable passengers get   ‘cash back’’ on every  flight booking, using a " Thank U"  card. The initiative requires the airline’s passengers  to get a ''Thank U’’ card at its Murtala Muhammed Airport  Terminal Two, Lagos   sales outlet  . According to the airline's spokesman, Kingsley Ezenwa , passengers should     pay for their booking using the card, to  get good     discount on every booking which can also be used to shop at any partner outlets. Ezenwa said  : "  ‘’Dana Air is pleased to have again moved a notch higher towards achieving its vision  of becoming Nigeria's most customer-friendly airline with the launch of the 'thank you' initiative, which is designed to further appreciate and ...