Minister of Aviation issues New Directives to Private Airline Operators

Mr Osita Chidoka Minister of Aviation
                   

At a meeting on Tuesday the the Minister of Aviation Mr Osita Chidoka issued new directives for private airline operators. He said that there are about 90 private aircraft in the country engaged in general aviation, with some registered for private use, but are now engaging in chartered business.
Ministry of Aviation has directed all private airlines that engage in commercial operations to ensure that they regularize their operations on or before Thursday, February 5, 2015.
Chidoka said, 'We cannot continue like this. Nigeria is a sovereign state and cannot continue to tolerate this. Private registered aircraft must learn to play by the rules and should either operate in accordance with the operation, which they registered for, or regularise their operations with the NCAA.
'Any of these operators that fails to regularise its operations will not be allowed to fly in Nigerian airspace and the NCAA has been directed to ground any of the private registered aircraft operators that uses its aircraft to do chartered operations and fails to regularise its operations on or before February 5, 2015.'
He also stated that henceforth, the renewal of Air Operator's Certificate would be based on the ability of airlines to produce yearly plans on how they would train their personnel, adding that this became necessary because of the discovery that airlines in the country preferred to poach each other's personnel instead of investing in training.The minister also directed that from July 1, 2015, all local and international airlines engaged in general and commercial aviation in the country must have Nigerian pilots in their cockpits.

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