Lufthansa Flight LH566 from Frankfurt and destined to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos as direct flight was on Friday diverted to Cotonou, Togo and later to Malabo, Capital of Equatorial Guinea by the pilot who lied to the passengers that Lagos airport was closed. The flight with over 200 passengers and about 15 […]
Last week, Ogun State marked the first flight at the new Gateway Agro-Cargo International Airport, which is a multipurpose facility that will provide easy movement of goods and services to and from industries in the Ogun industrial corridor. It will also serve as alternative to air freighting and eliminate traffic gridlock from Lagos airport. The […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that the recovery in air travel continued in December 2022 and for the full year. Total traffic in 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 64.4 per cent compared to 2021. Globally, full year 2022 traffic was at 68.5 per cent of pre-pandemic (2019) levels. […]
Domestic airlines may have lost N50 billion revenue in the last one week, as a result of low passenger traffic experienced after the Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives elections, which held February 25, 2023. The low passenger traffic has been attributed to the order given by the federal government, which restricted movement of people […]
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joseph Ajaero has said the body is fully in support of the national carrier project, while condemning federal government’s plan to concession the four major airports in the country. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, had at various fora, explained that government’s plan to concession the […]
