The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has initiated enforcement action against five airlines (two international and three domestic operators) for various violations of Part 19 of the NCAA regulations. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection to the NCAA, Michael Achimugu, disclosed this in a statement released to journalists today...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it will sanction airlines who delay ticket refunds. According to the NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection Michael Achimugu ticket refund compliance is a crucial part of the agency’s consumer protection plan, reports Channels TV. Achimugu said the move is in adherence to Par...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority is encouraging aviation passengers to be more informed about their challenges while travelling via airports. NCAA Head of Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, made this call yesterday during a road walk in Port Harcourt the Rivers State capital, reports Channels TV. He noted that this is the heavy travel ...
•Air passengers The shortage of aircraft in the domestic airline market has worsened, limiting available flights for passengers, findings have shown. Many passengers were stranded across the country yesterday as they could not secure flights to their destinations, reports Daily Trust. The busiest routes, Lagos-Abuja and Abuja-Lagos, were hugel...
The Chairman Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Fatai Buhari, has said that the Senate is working on a bill that will regulate the activities of airlines in the country, specifically to reduce the number of routes plied by airlines operating with three or fewer aircraft. The lawmaker said though many operators were kicking against the [&hel...
•Keyamo Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has said Nigeria will no longer allow foreign airlines to dominate its airspace. Keyamo, who lamented that airlines from Ethiopia, Egypt and Morocco among others were the major beneficiaries of the passenger traffic in Nigeria, said that would come to an end as soon as [...
The commencement of the #EndBadGovernance protest across the country against hardship may lead to additional operational losses on the part of the domestic carriers due to the restriction of movements. According to the information gathered, many of the domestic airlines recorded very low traffic as passengers out of fear of being caught up in ...
Businesses including banks, airlines, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been taken offline after blue screen of death error screens were seen on Windows workstations across the globe. Users on the subreddit for cyber security firm Crowdstrike reported issues in India, the United States and New Zeala...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned airlines against indulging in deceitful departure time scheduling. Briefing journalists yesterday at the Authority’s corporate headquarters in Abuja, the agency’s acting Director General, Chris Najomo, said the NCAA now runs a zero-tolerance approach to regulatory infractions. Speaking thr...
There is grumbling among airlines participating in the 2024 Hajj following the delay in payment of air fare by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) as contained in the contract signed with them. It was gathered that the development is threatening the return airlift of pilgrims after the completion of the 2024 Hajj exercise, [&helli...

