NIGERIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY SUSPENDS FLIGHT OPERATIONS OF AIR NIGERIA

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday suspended the operations of domestic airline,Air Nigeria.The airline is owned by businessman and Chairman of the Corporate Affairs Commission,Mr Jimoh Ibrahim.The airline's spokesman,Ogbogoro Samuel,confirmed the development in a statement.Click on read more below to continue...It reads''The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended our flight operations effective immediately over alleged indications that the

airline is in financial distress." We wish to apologize for all inconvenience that this order by NCAA will bring on our passengers and wish to assure that Air Nigeria will continue to liase with the relevant agencies to ensure that the suspension order is lifted as soon as possible.Management''.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) had on Wednesday dragged Air Nigeria Development Company Ltd and it's Managing Director,Mr Kinfe Kahssaye before an Abuja Federal High Court,with failure to remit N4.871bn taxes to the federal government.FIRS also claimed that Air Nigeria submitted a counterfeit seal of the FIRS on a company's Income Tax Clerance certificate purportedly issued by the tax agency,in contravention of section 55(1) of the companies Income Tax Cap C21 Laws of the federation of Nigeria 2010.