For over two months the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has been enforcing punitive measures against officials who extort money from air travellers, but such nefarious activities have not abated at the international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMIA), Lagos. THISDAY investigation revealed that extortion, issuance of fake international certificate of vaccination (yellow […]
As the regulator of the aviation sector, whatever view the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu holds about the industry, is regarded as very important and becomes an authoritative reference point. So when Nuhu gave overview of the sector in 2021 and his projections in 2022, a lot of […]
Since the demise of Nigeria Airways Limited, Nigeria has been consistently shortchanged by other nations through lopsided Bilateral Air Service Agreements and unfavourable commercial agreements. In July 2019 during a conference organised by League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), industry stakeholders called for a review of Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASA) Nigeria signed with […]
International and local airline operators, industry service providers and others have continued to emphasise that the plan by the federal government to concession major airport facilities in the country must be done efficiently and transparently. Federal government in the first phase of the programme plans the concession of the facilities of four major airports in […]
United Nigeria Airlines (UNA) has announced the acquisition of Airbus A320 aircraft to further boost its fleet and expand its operations. The airline said that with this acquisition, the aircraft fleet of the airline has grown to eight. A statement by the spokesman of United Nigeria, Achillieus-ChudUchegbu said that the aircraft arrived at the Murtala […]
