Airline suspends operation 6 months after resumption

March 22, 2017 8:23 AM

It was also reported that in 2016, the airline suspended operations for three weeks when the two aircraft in its fleet had to go for maintenance.

Firstnation plane

First Nation Airways has suspended operation six months after resumption in September, 2016.

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In a recent report by ThisDay Newspaper, the Nigeria’s domestic carrier suspended operations to enable its technical crew for simulator training while the aircrafts go for routine maintenance

The management of the airline is yet to give reasons for its suspension of operations, but informed sources from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) revealed that the crew and aircrafts are going for routine maintenance.

It should be noted that the NCAA has decreed that the aircrafts in any airline's fleet must be airworthy before the airline would be allowed to operate.

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It was also reported that First Nation has two aircrafts and according to regulation, schedule flight airlines must operate with minimum of two aircraft that have been certified worthy for operation.