Airports

FAAN Assures Nigerians of Good Travel Experience at Yuletide

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reassured the Nigerian public of a seamless and good travel experience during the Yuletide season. In a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN, Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, the authority highlighted its continuous efforts to enhance security measures, aiming to guarantee the safety of life […]

Airlines

Addressing Challenges in Nigeria’s Aviation industry

Stakeholders in the aviation industry are convinced that if the right policies are put in place to address growth challenges, the aviation industry will double its current workforce, generate more businesses and up the country’s GDP. Many aviation industry players have said that the air transport industry in Nigeria lags behind in many ways, insisting […]

Airlines

Positioning Ibom Air as Future African Carrier

During a tour of Ethiopia Aviation University in Addis Ababa in November 2023, this writer and other members of the team from Nigeria came into a class where over 30 students from Akwa Ibom State were being trained on aircraft maintenance by seasoned young instructors. What was particularly interesting about the beneficiaries of the training […]

Air Peace Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah (3rd right) receiving the carrier’s Balafon Award for Best Airline of the Year in West Africa 2018 from the Organiser of Accra Weizo and Publisher of ATQ News, Mr. Ikechi Uko (2nd left) and other dignitaries at the 4th Accra Weizo in Accra, Ghana on Friday TRAVEL

Akwaaba African Travel Market Marks 20 Years

One of Africa’s successful travel markets, the Akwaaba African Travel Market, has attained a milestone for recording 20 years existence in the turbulent business climate in the continent. Akwaaba Africa Travel Market, the foremost travel and tourism fair in Nigeria and West Africa, is gearing up to celebrate two decades of shaping the landscape of […]

INTERVIEW

Nwafor: Not All State Airports are Unproductive

In this Interview, the Managing Director/CEO Anambra International Cargo Passenger Airport, Anambra State, Martins Nwafor said some state airports have become waste of economic resources but insisted that some others could be highly productive. Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said recently in Abuja that many state owned airports could be waste […]