{"id":70006,"date":"2025-07-08T14:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70006"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:44:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:44:18","slug":"ncaa-approves-enugu-air-for-domestic-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/08\/ncaa-approves-enugu-air-for-domestic-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Approves Enugu Air for Domestic Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has approved Enugu Air to begin domestic flight operations, following the airline\u2019s compliance with all regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n<p>NCAA\u2019s Director of Public Affairs, Michael Achimugu, confirmed the approval in a statement released Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The clearance comes days after the Enugu State Government formally unveiled the state-backed airline.<\/p>\n<p>To kick off operations, Enugu Air has partnered with XEJET, leveraging its EMB 170 aircraft under XEJET\u2019s existing license while pursuing its own Air Operator Certificate (AOC).<\/p>\n<p>Ticketing and bookings will be available via XEJET\u2019s online platforms. NCAA reiterated its commitment to promoting indigenous airlines and passenger safety in Nigeria\u2019s aviation sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has approved Enugu Air to begin domestic flight operations, following the airline\u2019s compliance with all regulatory requirements. NCAA\u2019s Director of Public Affairs, Michael Achimugu, confirmed the approval in a statement released Tuesday. The clearance comes days after the Enugu State Government formally unveiled the state-backed airline. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":70007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70008,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70006\/revisions\/70008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}