The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued enhanced air operator certificate (AOC) operations specifications (Op.Specs) to all current AOC holders.
It said in a statement signed by the director general of civil aviation, Capt Musa Nuhu that it is imperative to issue the new OpSpecs to all current AOC holders with the validity of the previous AOC and Op. Specs retained.
The directive is contained in an All 0perator Letter marked NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/370 dated 18th August, 2023.
The statement said the directive is applicable to all AOC holders certificated by the Authority.
“These new and enhanced multi-paged Op.Specs contain the authorisations, conditions, limitations and approvals issued by the Authority in accordance with the standards which are applicable to operations and maintenance conducted by the AOC holder,” Nuhu said
He added that all AOC holders are required to electronically complete the appropriate pages of the attached Op.Specs and return same to the NCAA via only email accounts of chairman, Flight Standards Group (FSG), Mr. Godwin Balang – godwin.balang @ncaa.gov.ng DOLTS, Capt. Ibrahim Dambazau – ibrahim.dambazau@ncaa.gov.ng DAWS, Engr. Gbolahan Abatan – gbolahan.abatan@ncaa.gov.ng, or before August 23, 2023
The enjoined all the current AOC holders to comply accordingly.
It would be recalled that NCAA published the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig. CARs) 2023 which came into effect on 10th July 2023 and subsection 9.1.1.7 of Nig. CARs Part 9, the NCAA redesigned the layout and format of the Operations Specifications associated with the AOC.
