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won’t give you if there is rivalry and you spend a is paid to the government of Niger in fees, tax- For the ordinary diploma he said the college
lot of time trying to find something which they es and charges. “Cameroun recently added a was running courses in electrical/electronic

already have the answer,” said Demuren. (US) $37 development tax per passenger and engineering technology, aircraft maintenance
Congo charges every arriving passenger (US) engineering technology, while the higher
$15 to promote tourism,” he explained. national diploma would include aviation man-

A CONDUSIVE OPERATING He urged governments and stakeholders to agement, aircraft maintenance engineering

ENVIRONMENT work together to enable aviation to grow and technology (with avionics as an option) and

drive prosperity in Africa. aircraft maintenance engineering technology

(with airframe/power plant as an option).
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s aviation industry “The only difference between part time and

have demanded that a better environment DANA AIR TO INVEST the full time is a semester. For the full time, a

for their operations should be provided by student will complete the programme in two

the nation’s aviation authorities. Chief operating officer of Dana Air, Obi semesters, while for the part time it is will be

This call was made at the 23rd edition of Mbanuzo said that the airline plans to complete in three semesters. We hope that
the Annual Conference of League of Airport invest in Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul NIGHT FLIGHTS ALLOWED this programme will increase the knowledge

& Aviation correspondents (LAAC) held (MRO) as part of efforts to reduce cost of of aviation professionals in the industry and

recently at the Radisson Blu hotel, in Lagos ferrying aircraft abroad for maintenance. will enhance professionalism,” he said.
under the theme “Boosting Aviation Invest- He said his airline was waiting for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency In 2019 NCAT was recognised by the inter-

ment through Policy.” Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to (NAMA) chief executive officer Fola Akinkuotu national civil aviation organization (ICAO),

Air Peace chairman Allen Onyema At the 23rd annual conference of LAAC held recently in Lagos, were provide the permit that would enable Dana has said that night flights into Nigeria’s as an institution with the highest number of

frowned at government’s designation of lo- from (left to right) Anthony Omoh, vice chairman LAAC, Gbenga Olowo, establish the facility. airports are allowed and the Nigerian Civil certified training instructors in the world for

cal airlines for international flights without president aviation round table, Bernard Bankole president of NANTA, “Anytime you take an aircraft outside for Aviation Regulations provided for such. the third year running and a regional training

following up implementation and without Muneer Bankole MD Medview airlines, Olusegun Koiki, LAAC chairman, heavy check, it is a big burden on the airlines. He said NAMA had received various re- centre of excellence. The certification was

using policy to tackle the exploitative activi- Nick Fadugba president AfBAA and Roland Iyayi CEO TopBrass Aviation If we get land permit anywhere in the country quests from airlines for clearance to operate the outcome of an exhaustive statistical in-

ties of authorities in destination countries. today to build our hangar, we will commence beyond the usual hours of operation and such spection of the training facilities, instructional

This in addition to approval of multiple work immediately. We are already doing requests were granted. staff, course content and programmes, by a

entry points into Nigeria to foreign airlines A-checks on aircraft ourselves but these ones “If an airline wants to operate into an air- team of global aviation training experts.

has not been favourable to the growth of last for a day or two. However, a C-check lasts port beyond the usual hours, a window exists This recognition gave NCAT more allocations

local airlines in the country. for a month or so. If you don’t have a hangar, to ask for extension,” he said. and approval to conduct additional courses.

“The gestation period of extinction of CEO’S MUST BE PUNISHED NCAA AND AIB MUST CO-OPERATE you can’t do that. Initially, we intended to just Akinkuotu, however, explained that at

domestic carriers from the business which is do our own work, not that we will want to certain airports where navigational aids were
within the average of 5-10 years should be of Former director general of Nigerian Civil make money from it for a start,” he said. available without electricity power, night

concern to the industry’s stakeholders as the Commissioner of the Accident Investiga- Aviation Authority Harold Demuren has Over the years, most airline operators in flights could not take place.

myriads of identifiable causes have been seen tion Bureau Akin Olateru has called for advised the NCAA and Nigeria’s accident Nigeria have had to handle the cost burden

as scarcity and high cost of aviation fuel, poor Chief Executive Officers to be punished for investigation bureau to work together in associated with ferrying aircraft to Europe

facility at our airports, obsolete infrastruc- non-performance. the interest of safety enhancement. and East Africa for C-check and other mainte- GHANA PASSES LEGISLATION

ture, multiple taxations; shortage of forex for Olateru made this call during the nance checks. Aircraft maintenance chal-

airline operators, multiple designation for the conferment of a fellowship on him by the He frowned at unnecessary rivalry between lenges have placed a huge cost on Nigerian

foreign carriers and absence of Maintenance Nigerian Institution of Safety Engineers both agencies, stating that it is not compulso- airlines estimated at (US) $90 million or (N3.2 Ghana’s parliament has passed into law,

Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility,” said (NISE), a division of the Nigerian Society of ry for NCAA to implement all AIB’s recommen- billion) on aircraft maintenance annually. AVIATION COURSES START the legislative instrument on aircraft acci-

event chairman and Managing Director of Engineers (NSE). dations since the regulatory body has more Stakeholders have said if the situation dent and serious incident regulations 2019
Med View airlines Muneer Bankole,. He stressed the need for increased information on the entire sector. is properly managed, engine MRO could Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (LI 2375), together with the Ghana Civil

President of the national association of emphasis on performance and profession- Reacting to media reports that AIB came out become a necessary spend; as opposed to a Zaria has commenced admission into Aviation (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 985).

Nigeria travel agents (NANTA), Bernard Ban- alism and promised to consistently uphold with 60 recommendations and that the NCAA continual burden on the airline’s bottom line. ordinary national diploma, higher national Director general, Ghana Civil Aviation Author-

kole stressed the need for all stakeholders the ethics of the profession. had not complied with all of them, he said, diploma and post graduate diploma into ity Simon Allotey said the legislation was aimed

to live up to their responsibilities in order He offered maximum support to organi- “Let me explain to you. NCAA does not need various fields of academy, extending at ensuring compliance with ICAO’s standards

to allow an enabling environment for the sations that seek to promote safety in the location of its PGD school to Lagos, Nigeria. and recommended practices (SARPS).

industry’s growth. aviation sector, stating that the aviation to comply with all their recommendations. It is Rector Abdulsalami Mohammed said He said by “adhering to ICAO’s SARPS re-

“There is need to create an enabling en- industry was a very dynamic one, which just a recommendation and that’s why NCAA the college “is also offering PGD in aviation lated to safety oversight, GCAA effectively

vironment for growth of the industry,” said required a lot of work. and AIB need to work together. In Africa, they management (full time), which would be held ensures that aviation service providers and

president, air transport services senior staff as- He said with dedication, the industry don’t work together and we don’t know what TAXES OVERBURDEN AIRLINES in Zaria, Kaduna state, while the part-time airline operators maintain an acceptable

sociation of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) Illitrus Ahmadu. would move forward. happened. In other cities, they work together. programme would be held in Lagos.” level of operational safety.”

“Governments and regulators need to Olateru who is the first African to be NTSB and FAA work together but in Nigeria, Special envoy to Africa on aero-political affairs He said the aim of the programmes is to Ghana obtained a provisional effective im-

provide an enabling environment that will honoured with the award of Fellowship you see so much rivalry. It’s not necessary. They from International Air Transport Association improve the academic knowledge of profes- plementation (EI) rate of 89.89%, the highest

attract investment. Nigerian government by the Royal Aeronautic Society in United need to come together and do the right thing. (IATA), Raphael Kuuchi said that governments sionals in the sector and that NCAT had sought by an African country, after ICAO concluded

must support local airlines,” said president Kingdom, maintained that recognition of When something happens, NCAA will have and service providers in West Africa are heaping and received accreditation from the National its co-ordinated validation mission in April. Q

African business aviation association (Af- hard work by organisations and associations more information than anybody else. They a heavy tax burden on airlines in the sub-region. Board for Technical Education before hand to

BAA) Nick Fadugba. would encourage improved performance. are the custodians of the information. So, they According to him, (US) $80 from each ticket make the programmes legitimate.

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