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No Ban Of Nigeria Airlines In US – NCAA
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has on Monday said there are no ban on Nigerian Airlines in the United States of America.
This was disclosed by the acting Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Chris Najomo, in a statement.
Najomo explained that Nigeria had attained Category One status under the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) programme in 2010, allowing Nigerian airlines to operate directly into the U.S.
This status was reaffirmed after re-evaluations by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2014 and 2017.
However, Nigeria was de-listed in 2022 due to the failure of Nigerian airlines to meet certain requirements, not because of any safety or security deficiencies.
“It is important to clarify here that the de-listing of Nigeria has absolutely nothing to do with any safety or security deficiency in our oversight system.
“Nigeria has undergone comprehensive ICAO Safety and Security Audits and recorded no Significant Safety Concern (SSC) or Significant Security Concern (SSeC), respectively,” Najomo stated.
