The federal government has reopened the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu and urged entrepreneurs from the South-east region to invest in the planned concession of airport facilities. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the ceremony yesterday, explained that the airport has been upgraded to international standards and soon […]
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in collaboration with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has outlined coronavirus safety protocols for passengers wishing to travel out or come into Nigeria when international flight operations resume on September 5, 2020. The PTF insisted that potential travellers must be acquainted with the regulation before initiating their […]
Two persons have been confirmed dead, one in Intensive care unit (ICU), as a Bell 206 helicopter operated by Quorum Aviation crashed into a building at 16 A, Salvation Road, Opebi, Ikeja Lagos on Friday. According to an eyewitness, identified as Faith Omo, “The accident happened so fast with a big bang and the whole […]
Aero Contractors will from September 1, 2020 begin shuttle services from Kaduna to Abuja in response to the yearnings of its customers, as travellers from the northern states capital have shunned travelling by road due to potential security threats. The airline said providing the shuttle has become necessary as business is picking up after COVID-19 […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it lost N18.9 billion revenue in six months due to Coronavirus lockdown, lamenting that the impact of the virus would be felt in the aviation industry till 2024, as projected by Airport Council International (ACI). This was disclosed by the Managing Director and Chief Executive of FAAN, […]
