Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has released the list of foreign registered privately operated aircraft issued with flight operations clearance certificate, FOCC, and maintenance clearance certificate, MCC, which are authorised to carry out private operations.
The NCAA in a statement signed by the general manager public affairs, Mr. Fan Ndubuoke said the listed operators are only allowed to operate within Nigeria airspace and not commercial purpose, which he described as ‘ Hire and reward ‘, which the authority said is a violation of Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations.
Ndubuoke listed the operators to include: Air First, ANAP Business Jets, ATT Aviation Support Ltd, AVJET Corporation, BUA Group Limited, Chrome Air, Delmon Aviation. /C&K, and Dominion Air.
Others are EAN Aviation Limited, Executive Jets, Ferry Aviation Dev. Serv, Gitto Construzioni, Grenfact Ventures Ltd, Gyro Air limited, NAMCO Nig. Limited, Orlean Invest West Africa, Prime Air, Project Eagle Air Ltd, Southern Air, SWAT Technology Ltd, Tag Aviation Ltd and Toucan Aviation Support.
The statement emphasised further that: “The public is hereby notified of the list of Foreign Registered Privately operated aircraft that have been issued with NCAA Flight Operations Clearance Certificate, FOCC and Maintenance Clearance Certificate, MCC whereby the owners are authorised to operate within Nigeria strictly for Private Operation Only and Not for Hire or Reward (Not For Commercial Purpose) according to Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig. CARs) 8.2.1.9.
The use of these Operators’ aircraft for Commercial Operations shall be in violation of the Nig. CARs 9.1.1.4 (a) (b) and will attract appropriate sanctions by the Authority.”
It will be recalled that the minister of aviation Chief Osita Chidoka had threatened to ground private jet operators with foreign registered aircraft that engage in commercial / charter operations.
He gave such operators till Thursday, February 5, 2015 to regularise such operations with the regulatory agency for approval, otherwise their operations would be considered as ‘ illegal ‘ with severe sanctions.
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