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FAAN and a desirable flight path to the next level [opinion]
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By Dan Aibangbe
IN my long experience as a public policy watcher and commentator, one of the major Achilles heels of public administration has been the tendency to put the proverbial square pegs in round holes, mostly for the wrong reasons of political expediency and parochial interests. This phenomenon, hitherto, had pervaded the Nigerian polity, not sparing even the somewhat elitist aviation industry, especially the regulatory ‘triumvirate’ of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA.
COVID-19: No direct flight with India, says NCAA The Punch
Published 30 April 2021
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has assured Nigerians that the government will take every necessary action to protect the citizens from COVID-19.
Speaking with our correspondent on Thursday, General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA, Mr Samuel Adurogboye, said India which had recently turned the hotbed for COVID-19 did not pose a threat to Nigerians.
He said at the moment, there was no direct flight between Nigeria and India.
However, if there was a need to ban flights and passengers who had contacts with India over COVID-19, the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 would give directive, Adurogboye said.
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After so many years of pushing by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian carriers Dana Air and Ibom Air yesterday reached agreement on the first interline/codeshare deal between both domestic airlines.
A codeshare agreement is a business agreement in which two or more airlines publish and market the same flights under their own airline designator and flight number, known as the airline flight code.
Industry experts believe that such interline or codeshare would enhance domestic airline operation, reduce flight delays and cancellation, cost of operation and generate more profits to the airlines participating in that agreement.
The ATL signed by the NCAA Director-General, Capt. Musa Nuhu, was issued on April 22 for a period of five years.
The planned return comes four years after the airline’s founder Ahmadu Chanchangi, died on April 19, 2017.
He had set up the airline on January 5, 1994, but the airline suspended operations in 2012 after going through some operational turbulence resulting in the depletion of its aircraft from six to two.
But the airline is set to stage a return with the ATL certification, which is preparatory to the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC), which would enable the airline to resume flight operations.
The ATL certification letter sighted by our correspondent Thursday read: “A licence to operate scheduled and non-scheduled passenger and cargo services within and outside Nigeria is hereby granted pursuant to Section 18.2.2.4 of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations 2015.
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Name Akure airport after Agagu, repair Angle 80-Amedokhian/ Uromi road, Reps tell FG
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By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja
House of Representatives, Thursday, urged the federal government to name Akure airport after late Dr Olesegun Agagu in recognition of his selfless service to the nation, most especially in the aviation industry.
The House also called on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to embark on repairs of the one-kilometre stretch of Angle 80-Amedokhian Road around the National Institute of Construction Technology and Management (NICT) Uromi in Edo State.
The call followed two separate motions considered at the plenary.