Commercial airlines on Wednesday rerouted flights crossing the Middle East to avoid possible danger amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. The flight restrictions reflected fears that the conflict between the longtime foes could ratchet up following Iranian ballistic missile strikes Tuesday on two Iraqi bases that house U.S. troops. Those strikes were retaliation for […]
Major foreign carriers yesterday diverted their Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA); Lagos bound flights to Accra, Ghana due to no functional Instrument Landing System (ILS). THISDAY investigation revealed that on Tuesday and Monday, UK mega carrier, British Airways diverted its flights to Accra, Ghana because the pilots did not want to land at the Lagos […]
Writer posits that there are indications that 2020 may be a better year for the aviation industry in the areas of infrastructure, aircraft acquisition and improvement in passenger traffic. There were three glaring challenges in the aviation industry in 2019. Firstly, it became evident last year that lessors were no more willing to lease aircraft […]
The major challenge Nigerian airlines are facing today is their inability to lease aircraft from lessors. The lessors have refused to lend to Nigerian operators after series of failure of some airlines to abide by tenets of agreements signed when they leased the aircraft. What even enabled lessors to lease aircraft to Nigerian operators in […]
Aviation security experts have warned that if the frequent security breaches at the airports continue it may lead to threat of lives and property, which would be injurious to the image of Nigeria and the air transport sector. Last week, a 25-year-old man was caught at the runway of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), […]
