Airports

The incredible new £4.5bn airport set to be the biggest in Africa | World | News | Express.co.uk

This airport is set to become the largest in Africa and one of the most important aviation hubs in the world. A huge new project aims to transform the aviation landscape of an entire continent with the construction of a colossal international airport designed to be the largest in Africa. Valued at around £4.5 billion, the airport […]

NCAA

Airlines Must Pay First Need Compensation to Passengers or Risks Sanctions, NCAA Warns

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) yesterday, charged local and international airlines operating in Nigeria to comply with the First Need compensation regulation where a passenger’s luggage is short-landed. Short-landed baggage, NCAA clarified, refers to checked baggage accidentally left behind at the origin airport that arrives on a later flight. The NCAA noted that part […]

NCAA

NCAA Pushes for Improvement in Airport Security across Nigeria

  In line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) audit recommendation to fortify the airports, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has pushed for improvement of security at nation’s airports in accordance to its regulatory oversight functions. To encourage the realisation of this goal, ICAO and NCAA on Monday, started a five-day national quality […]

Airlines

Operators’ Agitation over $300 Helicopter Landing Levy

For over two years Nigerian airline operators that provide shuttle services to oil and gas companies in Nigeria have kicked against the payment of $300 Helicopter landing levy, which was introduced by the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika. Although the implementation of the landing levy started recently under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, the […]

NDLEA

Insider Collaborators at Nigerian Airports Promote Drug Trafficking, Says NDLEA

A director with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmed Garba, has revealed that most drug movements through Nigeria’s airports have insider collaborators at the airports. He also disclosed that drug traffickers that use scheduled commercial airlines, carry relatively small volume of drugs, while large volumes are conveyed in private jets and through cargo […]