According to US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) statistics, weather is the cause of approximately 70 per cent of the delays in the National Airspace System (NAS). In addition, weather continues to play a significant role in a number of aviation accidents and incidents. While National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports most commonly find human error […]
Stakeholders in the aviation industry have stated that the greatest disincentive to investment in the aviation industry is the activity of labour unions adding that in the last five years the industry has lost about N20 billion to impromptu industrial actions that could have been avoided. The industry is projected to have lost over N4 […]
Domestic and international airlines that use the services of the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) were forced to abruptly stop operation when the company’s workers failed to turn up to provide service to the airlines early Monday morning. The airlines, which did not have prior notice, were told that the workers of the company […]
Despite the close monitoring, tightened scrutiny and investigations to boost security around the airport, the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, is still a veritable route for the smuggling of drugs, weapons and other illegal goods, THISDAY checks have revealed. However, airport officials and insiders who work at the cargo terminal have […]
Nigerian domestic carriers are set to bring in new aircraft, increase their fleet, but the challenge they face is that airport facilities are not expanding to accommodate more aircraft and increase in passenger traffic. The report notes that inadequate and obsolete airport infrastructure could retard growth of the aviation sector Recently, travel expert and the […]
