A United Airlines flight, a Boeing 787-8 outbound from Lagos to Washington Dulles, on Thursday, declared an emergency and made an air return to Lagos. Having established a return track to Lagos, PUNCH Online gathered that the aircraft crew maintained the emergency transponder code 7700 (Emergency signal) with the control tower till it landed. The aircraft, initially bound for Washington …

The Federal Government, through the Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit, has urged the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to revisit a draft policy proposing stricter sanctions on airlines for the increasing number of flight delays and cancellations across the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination and head of …

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has unveiled a state-of-the-art maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility spearheaded by XEJet. Keyamo also announced plans to launch an aircraft manufacturing company soon. He said this at the groundbreaking ceremony of XEJet’s flight support and engineering hub launch in Abuja on Monday. “Very soon, we are going to return here for …

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has organized a two-day training for airline operators on the use of e-flight folder, a web app that manages interactions and delivers flight folders to airlines and pilots electronically. The request or submission of flight schedules, for both scheduled and non-scheduled, are done seamlessly and electronically. In an instant, the folders are available for the …

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has commended military engineers and technicians for successfully reactivating a Dornier DO-228 aircraft that had been grounded for 23 years. Abubakar commended the five engineers and 40 technicians for their dedication and described the achievement as “a testament to the Nigerian Air Force’s commitment to self-reliance and resource optimisation”. According to …

The Federal Government has spent over N1.2 billion on drug detection scanners at Nigeria’s major international airports in 2024. According to details sourced from BudgIT’s accountability platform, Govspendng on Friday, a payment of N1,222,537,600.81 was made on 8 July 2024, to Aricent Integrated Solutions Ltd. The transaction covered the supply of “two units of full-body scanners” for the Abuja and …

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has assured that with its enhanced safety surveillance, the country’s airspace is now safer. The Acting Director General of Civil Aviation, Capt. Chris Najomo, gave the assurance during the staff annual New Year prayers held at the Authority’s corporate headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. The prayer session, held every 2nd January, also marked the …

Less than two weeks after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), warned airlines against breaching Part 19 of the NCAA Regulations, NCARs, the agency has disclosed that five airlines have violated the regulation and will be sanctioned. Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, Mr Michael Achimugu, disclosed that three domestic operators and two international airlines, among others, breached …

Barely two months after a Sikorsky SK76 helicopter operated by East Aviation crashed in Port Harcourt, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has disclosed that its handlers violated several of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (NCAR) directives. Although the bureau was silent on whether or not the vices led to the unfortunate incident, the act shows gaps in the regulatory …

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo has insisted that the license given to Living Faith Church, otherwise known as Winners’ Chapel, will not be withdrawn. In October, the House of Representatives demanded the withdrawal of licenses granted to the church, other private individuals and organisations to safeguard national security. Keyamo argued that the church has not violated …