Union Members Protesting against Planned Concession FAAN

Aviation Unions Welcome FAAN’s Plan to Relocate Headquarters to Lagos

Labour unions in the aviation industry have expressed support for the plan of the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo to relocate the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to Lagos, where it had existed for several years. Air Transport Service Senior Staff Association (ATSSSAN), the National Union of Air […]

Keyamo and the aviation team in London FAAN

FAAN Confirms Plans to Relocate Its Headquarters from Abuja to Lagos

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed the internal memo from the Managing Director of the agency, Mrs. Olubumi Kuku to the Director of Human Resources and Administration to provide the implication of relocating its headquarters back to Lagos.  In a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs. Obiageli […]

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NAMA Admits Obsolete Navigation Aids, Vows to Modernise Communication in Airspace

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has admitted that many of its navigational aids have become obsolete but would start the modernization of the most critical of them all, communication in the airspace. The agency has been grappling with the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON), which became inefficient over the years because some of […]

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FAAN Arrests 5 Suspects Who Breached Security at Lagos Airport

In a move to put an end to security incursion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has deployed special security operatives to man porous areas of the airport.  The effect of the reinforcement has started yielding fruit as the agency yesterday announced that the security operatives arrested […]

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$800m Trapped Fund: Foreign Airlines Miffed With FG over $61m Paid, Say It’s Insignificant

Foreign airlines that operate in Nigeria have expressed disappointment over the $61 million paid by the federal government as first installment to offset the $800 million revenue of the international carriers trapped in Nigeria. The airlines described the amount paid as insignificant, saying they may review their continued flight operation to Nigeria because government did […]