NCAA: Air France to Airlift Passengers to Abuja by 9:30 Monday About 61 Nigerian passengers on an Air France flight from Paris to Abuja were stranded in Chad after an unexpected flight disruption due to technical hitches. The aircraft, which had earlier made a stop in Chad to drop off some passengers enroute Abuja, left the Nigerians stranded without engagement on […]
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, yesterday inspected newly installed electronic gates (e-gates) at the new international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMIA), Lagos and said that government has built its data centre and in June would embark on home delivery of passports The e-gates allow automated entry to passengers at security checkpoints and identify […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has appealed to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to reverse the 50 per cent deduction from its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), which it needs to acquire safety critical equipment to keep the airspace safe. The Managing Director of NAMA, Ahmed Umar Farouk made the appeal and […]
Beneath the desk on which I am writing this column is a grey plastic box with the dimensions of a jerry can, as well as a convenient handle. It is, the label informs me in English, a Simplicity Descending Life Line. I am on the second storey of the excellent Dae Young Hotel, a 10-minute […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for April 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights: · Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), was up 11.0% compared to April 2023. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), was up 9.6% year-on-year. The April load factor was 82.4% (+1.0ppt compared to April 2023). […]
