Proposed national carrier, Nigeria air gets operational license

Nigeria Air, the country’s proposed national carrier, has received the Air Transport Licence, ATL, to commence operation.

Confirming the development via its Twitter handle on Monday, the Federal Ministry of Aviation said the ATL signed by the NCAA Director-General, Musa Nuhu, will run for a period of five years, from June 3, 2022 to June 2, 2027.

Nigeria Air Limited received from Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) an Air Transport License (ATL), signaling the end of the beginning of operations of the Airline. Commencement date of domestic operations will be announced in due course. ????https://t.co/yDcWtUZkf6???? pic.twitter.com/hIvl5YsEJY

— Hadi Abubakar Sirika (@hadisirika) June 6, 2022

The tweet read: “The ATL certificate has been presented to Nigeria Air. Congratulations!. Nigeria Air is here and is going to provide quality service to Nigerians.”

This is coming four years after the national carrier was unveiled by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika.

In July 2018, the minister had unveiled the new national carrier at Farnborough Air Show in London.