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The coast is evident for Nigerian airways to fly to the UK and Europe following the Third Nation Operator (TCO) certificates obtained by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for the affected airways.
With the TCO, the airways designated to the UK or among the EU nations can apply to function with out a lot problem.
Based mostly on this, the coast is evident for Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest provider, to function within the UK.
It will be recalled that the Air Peace Chairman, Mr. Allen Onyema not too long ago voiced considerations over the denial of Air Peace from flying to London.
It was learnt that via the intervention of the NCAA, all of the encumbrances earlier than the Air Peace have been cleared.
Other than Air Peace, Omni Blu Airline additionally secured the TCO courtesy of the NCAA at the same time as United Nigeria Airways (UNA) had additionally been designated to fly to the UK.
Director-Common, Civil Aviation, Capt. Musa Nuhu who confirmed this in a chat with our correspondent on the sidelines of the seventh Aviation African Summit and Exhibition hosted by Nigeria and attended by 1,500 contributors from 75 international locations, nonetheless, suggested airways to all the time carry the CAA alongside whereas negotiating with one other nation.
He mentioned the apply has been that many privately owned airways can be negotiating flights with one other nation with out carrying the CAA alongside solely to return to the authority once they run into hitches.
He mentioned, “If the airways are designated to fly to a selected nation, they go to that nation to go and negotiate with out informing the NCAA. So, how can I assist you to when I’m not conscious of what you might be doing?
“The few airways which have come to us and ask for assist, we had been capable of resolve the difficulty inside a few hours, generally it simply takes a telephone name from the DG to his counterpart DG to get that finished.
“We now have fought with some European international locations and now we have obtained a TCO (Third Nation Operator) certificates for our airways to function in these international locations.
“If you’re designated to fly into one other nation, usually it is best to come to the NCAA, we’d write and introduce you to that nation and we might comply with up and help you. Ibom Air got here, they had been having points; it took me lower than 5 minutes with a single telephone name to resolve that situation.
“The operators should study to make use of the assets obtainable to them. Should you go as a personal enterprise negotiating with a authorities company, you run into an issue. Whenever you come via NCAA, we discuss to them, we ship our specialists to go together with you to barter with them, we’d even contain the Nigerian Embassy or Excessive Fee in that nation to go and discuss on behalf of that airline however when operators go on their very own and so they run into issue, they begin crying wolf. They should take step one by involving us.”
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Additional explaining the TCO, Nuhu mentioned, “For a flight between two international locations, there needs to be a BASA (bilateral air service settlement), which determines the phrases and circumstances of flights between these two international locations. Then, out of that BASA, every nation will designate an operator. Like Nigeria has designated some airways together with Air Peace to fly to the UK, UK additionally designates BA and Virgin Atlantic to fly to Nigeria. That is primary.
“Then the second step is the regulatory necessities of these international locations you might be flying into. If you’re going to the UK, you want a TCO, UK and Europe was once the identical however now they’ve cut up. So the UK has its TCO and airways in Europe have their TCO.
“If you’re flying to Nigeria, now we have what we known as the International Carriers’ Working Allow (FCOP), which is the equal of the TCO. So, you must meet these regulatory necessities earlier than you might be “allowed to fly into their international locations.”
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