A plan by the Federal Government to go after wealthy tax defaulters is faced with some hurdles in the aviation sector as most private jets in the country could hardly be traced to individuals using them.
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AIB RESUSCITATES $5.8M LABORATORY AT ABUJA AIRPORT
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) said on Tuesday it has resuscitated its $5.8 million Flight Safety Laboratory at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Continue reading »ONLY 44 DOMESTIC AIRCRAFT FULLY INSURED – ART
The President, Aviation Round Table, Gbenga Olowo, on Thursday decried the state of the sector in Nigeria, disclosing that only 44 domestic aircraft currently had full insurance coverage.
Continue reading »LAGOS AIRPORT TO BE CERTIFIED JULY 21 – FAAN
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday said the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, would be certified on July 21.
Continue reading »FIRS PROPOSES NEW TAX REGIME FOR DOMESTIC AIRLINES
The Federal Inland Revenue Service has proposed a flexible tax payment method to enable domestic airlines to remain in operation as well as meet their Value Added Tax remittance obligations.
Continue reading »SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT BAILS NATIONAL CARRIER FROM DEBTS
South Africa’s Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba, has defended government’s decision to bailout South African Airways from debts.
Continue reading »WHY NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL JET IS PARKED IN LONDON – PRESIDENCY
The Presidency says it is constrained to decry criticisms, mostly on social media, on the retention in London of Nigeria’s Presidential Aircraft, NAF 001 as “mostly informed by lack of understanding of protocol around foreign trips by Heads of State all over the world”.
Continue reading »NCAA ISSUES FIRST DRONE LICENCE TO OANDO FOR AERIAL PROTECTION
Oil giant, Oando Plc, has become the first firm to be granted permission to operate unmanned aircraft in the country as the oil firm was awarded a certificate to secure the operation of a Lockheed Martins SN 248-255 aircraft.
Continue reading »FAAN EXPLAINS ROOF LEAKAGES AT LAGOS AIRPORT
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, on Wednesday said roof leakages experienced at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, was due to upgrade of facilities at the airport.
Continue reading »PASSENGERS TOLD TO ‘SAY A PRAYER’ AFTER ENGINE IN AIRASIA PLANE ‘SHUDDERS LIKE A WASHING MACHINE AND SHUTS DOWN’
Terrifying footage shows AirAsia flight shaking before returning to airport Terrifying footage shows AirAsia flight shaking before returning to airport.
Continue reading »NCAA TARGETS JULY FOR CERTIFICATION OF ABUJA, LAGOS AIRPORTS
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Thursday said it was optimistic that the certification of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, would be achieved by July.
Continue reading »AVIATION GROUP COMMENDS FED GOVT’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON AIRPORTS
The Aviation Round Table (ART) on Tuesday commended the Federal Government for its recent Executive Order on Ease of Doing Business as it affects airports across the country.
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