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 Flight Dispatchers to hold 2026 Annual Conference The Flight Dispatchers Association of Nigeria (FLIDAN) has officially announced its 2026 Annual Conference, scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 15 July 2026, at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Annex Training Hall, Lagos. Themed "Safety and Efficiency: The Flight Dispatchers' Role," the conference is designed to provide a strategic platform for stakeholders across Nigeria's aviation industry to examine the evolving responsibilities of Flight Dispatchers in promoting safe, efficient, and sustainable flight operations. The event is expected to attract an impressive gathering of aviation regulators, airline operators, flight dispatchers, pilots, aviation safety professionals, air traffic management experts, training institutions, industry stakeholders, academics, aviation students, and members of the media. Participants will engage in insightful discussions on the growing importance of flight dispatch operations ...

Airport Business Summit Holds July 14 All is now set for the 11th Airport Business Summit And Expo Conference (ABSE ) Africa 2026, slated for July 14-16, 2026 at the NIGAV Centre, Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. The annual event organise by FCI, brings together, Professionals and stakeholders within and outside the aviation sector. The 3-day event is designed to address air transport concerns from an airport perspective, provide an opportunity for in-depth discussions on how to make Nigeria’s airports economically sustainable and guarantee ROI for private funding in what has been a predominantly government sector. A statement by the ABSE Chairman, Fortune Idu, said the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, the Nigerian and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority are collaborating with the Airport Business Summit group to ensure the success of ABSE 2026 The theme of this year’s summit which commences at 9 am daily, is “...

Unions issue 14 day ultimatum to airlines for TSC funds remittance Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) have given the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) fourteen days to remit all collected five percent Tickets Sales Charge funds to Aviation agencies in the country or face industrial unrest In a statement by Frances Akinjole General Secretary ATSSSAN, Comrade Odinaka Igbokwe, Deputy General Secretary , NUATE said the unions have been compelled to express grave concern over the reported failure of many airlines operating in Nigeria to remit the statutory five percent Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) collected on behalf of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and other aviation agencies, for the purpose of maintaining safe air transportation in the country. They said the Unions were aware that the accumulation of these outstanding remittances over the past months/years has run...

Why NAMA should be privatised, commercialized , by Joint Action Committee The Joint Action Committee of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has called for the commercialisation or privatisation of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), describing the recommendation as both timely and necessary. The Joint Action Committee consist of : Nigerian Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE). In a statement jointly signed by the ATSSSAN Branch Secretary, Salami J. Adeniyi; ANAP Branch Secretary, Omaga Joshua; NUATE Branch Secretary, Celestine N. Chukwu; and the NAAPE Branch Secretary at the NCAA, the committee said NAMA’s continued reliance on government funding has slowed critical safety upgrades and infrastructure development due to budgetary constraints and bureaucra...

Addressing Aviation Agencies Debt Burden By AbdulRasaq Saidu It has become absolutely necessary to call attention to the urgent need to redress the growing crisis of inter-agencies debts on the one hand, and the huge debts owed the agencies by various airlines and other aviation companies on the other hand. These huge stockpiles of debts which have grown into hundreds of billions of Naira when combined have begun to ascend dangerously into turbulent weather whereby the capacity of the agencies to deliver their direly required functions is becoming severely impaired, including already failed ability to pay their workers. It is in the public domain that industrial crisis has been threatened in NCAA, NAMA and NiMet owing to inability of the organisations to meet staff obligations due to growing debts owed them. The same is reveling up in other agencies.It is also on record that the agencies are presently putting off their safety-critical staff trainings due to t...

AIR PEACE WELCOMES BRAND-NEW EMBRAER E175 TO NIGERIA .....MOVE STRENGTHENING FLEET , OPERATIONAL CONNECTIVITY Continuing its remarkable stride in fleet modernization, route expansion, and elevated passenger experience, West and Central Africa's largest airline, Air Peace Limited, has welcomed its brand-new Embraer E175 aircraft to Nigeria, marking another significant milestone in its unwavering commitment to providing world-class air travel across Nigeria, the West Coast of Africa and beyond. The arrival of the state-of-the-art aircraft—the first brand-new Embraer E175 in the airline's fleet, further underscores Air Peace's strategic investment in a young, modern, and fuel-efficient fleet designed to support its expanding domestic, regional, and international operations while delivering greater comfort, reliability, and operational excellence to its growing customer base. The 88-seat aircraft, bearing Nigerian registration mark 5N-CGH, touched down at the Murtal...

Crippling NCAA’s Funding Is Gambling With the Safety of Nigerian Lives An Article by the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), NCAA Branch Nigerians may have gradually moved on from the dark years when devastating air crashes repeatedly shook the nation, but aviation safety systems are built on institutional memory. The rules, inspections, certifications, and oversight systems that protect passengers today did not emerge by accident. They were strengthened through painful lessons, difficult reforms, and the collective determination that the country must never again allow avoidable safety failures to claim innocent lives. The crash of Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crash in 2005, which claimed 117 lives, sent shockwaves across the country and exposed serious concerns about safety oversight within the aviation system. Barely months later, the ADC Airlines Flight 53 crash claimed 96 lives, deepening public grief and reinforcing the urgent need for stronge...