AIRLINE OPERATION IN NIGERIA AND BRITAIN AND DUTIES OF CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY

Abstract

Provisions of the regulation of Air Operations are published in several documents. For an airline operation to be established, it is germane that the prospective airline operator must follow the rules and particularly the rules of the State in which the airline is to be established. He must comply with Aviation operation statutory requirements for airline operation and Civil Aviation Authority. The enterprise requires a lot of processes. The entrepreneur who wishes to establish an airline operation must do findings to know the best mechanism to be adopted toward establishing such and for its sustainability as a going concern. This article gives brief historical development of airline operations in Nigeria and Britain, the licensing process and the role of Civil Aviation Authority and operating permission, the routes specification, National control of the traffic market and the freedoms of the air were analysed. The objective of this Article is to set out the basic requirements and processes for an airline operation particularly in Nigeria. This Article shows that Nigerians and the Federal Government apparently did not follow and adopt maintenance principles which gave rise to the collapse of the federal government airline and some private individuals that established airline operations. This article adopted the doctrinal approach relying on primary and secondary sources of information. Comparing the two countries, Nigerian airline operation is work in progress and there is still need for future expansion.