The Federal government has denied reports that Nigerian airlines have been banned from the US airspace by the American government.
A report emerged on Sunday, September 1, that Nigeria had been delisted from the United States Federal Aviation Administration Category One Status (USFAA CAT 1) International Aviation Safety Assessment Programme (IASA).
According to the report, following this removal, no Nigerian airline, including Air Peace, which planned to commence direct flight from Lagos to New York “soon,” can operate directly to any city or airport in the US until the country is re-audited and re-certificated by the FAA and returned to its former status.
On Monday evening, the NCAA released a statement clarifying the situation.
The attention of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has once again been drawn to a publication about the purported ban on Nigerian airlines by United States. Due to the wrong impression such news could create, it has become expedient that we put this report in its proper perspective.
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