NCAA lifts suspension on Azman Air, renews licence

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has renewed the air transport licence (ATL) of Azman Air to enable the airline resume operations.

Musa Nuhu, director-general, NCAA, said this in a statement on Saturday.

The authority said it renewed Azman’s licence after the airline fulfilled all outstanding requirements.

“Consequent upon the fulfilment of all outstanding requirements, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has renewed the air transport licence (ATL) of Azman Air, enabling the Airline to resume flight operations,” NCAA tweeted.

Signed
Captain Musa Nuhu
Director General
NCAA pic.twitter.com/9wEycfueYF

— NigeriaCAA (@NigeriaCAA) September 17, 2022

Meanwhile, Azman Air, reacting to the development on Friday, announced the renewal of its licence to operate scheduled and non-scheduled flights within and outside Nigeria for five years.

The airline said the license would enable it to operate between 2022 and 2027.

“Good News, AzmanAir has been granted a License to operate scheduled & non-scheduled passenger & cargo Air services within and outside Nigeria for another period of 5yrs by NCAA; having satisfied the requirements as guided by World Aviation Regulations,” it tweeted.

Azman also said it would resume flight operations from September 16, 2022.

JUST IN: @AzmanAir Operation has been restored and all Flights will now operate as scheduled from Friday 16th Sept.

All Passengers should kindly take note.

Kindly contact us via our customer service channels for more informationhttps://t.co/QVwapWZhTo#LetsFlyAzmanAir pic.twitter.com/6P9vWZGnW8

— AzmanAir – #LetsFlyAzmanAir (@AzmanAir) September 15, 2022

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“Operation has been restored and all flights will now operate as scheduled from Friday, September 16. All passengers should kindly take note,” the airline said.

NCAA had, on Thursday, confirmed the suspension of Azman Air over its inability to provide the required documents for the renewal of its air transport licence (ATL).

Nuhu said one of the critical documents was the tax certificate, which the airline could not provide because it failed to remit ticket and cargo sales charges amounting to N1.2 billion to the NCAA.