NCAA EXPLAINS
PARTNERSHIP
WITH AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS
Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),
has said its the partnership with aircraft manufacturers Boeing
would aid the country immensely especially as 80 per cent of
airlines use the product.
He made this known while speaking with newsmen during the official
opening of Boeing’s office at the Murtala Muhammed International
Airport (MMIA).
He said, “As the aircraft has a technical problem, they will
diagnose the problem right on the ground and right here Boeing
experts are right here to help us with our problems and it’s free of
charge that of product support for airlines. All the airlines, Aero
Contractors, Chanchangi, Bellview, Virgin Nigeria, Arik Air, all
Boeing product even the new once that are coming in.”
“This is because they are selling more aircraft in Nigeria, 80
percent of Nigerian fly public transport, so it is important for
NCAA to make sure that this is a safe operation. So we went back to
Boeing and asked them to come and support the product in Nigeria.”
He said that Boeing is taking some of its officials for training and
that the partnership would help bring about safety in the skies.
“We have been extending some of our officers to Boeing for training,
let me say this, in our Category one upgrade that we are going
through, Boeing is supporting Nigeria tremendously, giving us a lot
of support in training and documentation and in meeting safety
requirements which is great and also to support the airlines that
will fly intercontinental from Nigeria, So its good, but the thing
is that we must have product support, we have the product now we
should have the support. And we feel that as a regulatory body we
should partner with Boeing.”
“The new aircraft we are now buying because of the Cape Town
Convention, the NGs, they meet those requirements, and they have the
equipment on board, the crew has been trained the engineers have
been trained to the aircraft is fit to meet the requirement.”
Speaking also, Managing Director Boeing West Africa, Mr. Chamsou
Andjorin has also promised to offer training to some Nigerian staff
to upgrade them on how to handle Boeing aircraft.
On why it took the aircraft manufacturers this long to get an office
in Nigeria, he said that Boeing has always been in Nigeria even
during the era of Nigeria Airways.
His word,” You know, Boeing was present in Nigeria during the
Nigeria Airways era, when it collapsed we saw the industry going
through a transition and we accompanied that transition, now that
the transition is moving on, we felt that it was best to have
someone on the ground, to support the operators, would be more
benefit that is why we are doing it now. And we also found
cooperation with NCAA, which was willing to do something in that
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