Ncaa (Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority)

The minister of state for aviation, Hadi Sirika said President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) be provided for the Nigeria Air Project which was suspended eight months ago.

The offices of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) were on Friday, May 24, reopened for operations following the suspension of the two-day strike by aviation unions.

Flight operations may be disrupted as from tomorrow, Wednesday, May 22, as aviation unions have declared an indefinite strike in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

President Muhammad Buhari has approved the appointment of Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu as the new managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

The federal government has announced that the Enugu airport will be closed down due to the state of its runway. The minister of state for aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this in Lagos at a stakeholders’ forum on Friday, May 17.

The Akwa Ibom state government has launched an airline which will commence flight operations after the staff training, test run and the regulatory authorities have certified it fit to fly in the Nigerian airspace.