To sustain the safety of flight operations and the record of zero accident involving commercial airlines since 2014, the federal government has deployed modern landing aids and other critical equipment in the Nigeria’s airspace. The government is also currently installing Category 3 Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Nigeria’s busiest airports in Lagos and Abuja, so […]
The greatest threat to airport security is the conspiracy of insiders who always breach security for personal reasons. This writer says that with revelations in the Kano airport drug trafficking ring, Nigeria may not be insulated from this dangerous threat. Investigations into the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268, which exploded shortly after take-off from Sham […]
One major challenge faced by Nigerian airports is their inability to generate enough revenue to operate without funding from the government. It is expected that airports should be able to generate enough revenue and also make profit, but in Nigeria only few airports operated by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) generate high percentage […]
President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Bankole Bernard, has called for more improvement in manpower development in the aviation sector, noting that considering the country’s population and the role aviation plays in the nation’s economy, there should be more skilled manpower in the sector. Bernard who made this known in Lagos […]
The operations of Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited may be threatened as its parent company, Bristow Group Inc. in the United States faced the option of bankruptcy in the failure to meet its financial obligation under a given period. Reports from the United States Security and Exchange Commission (NASDAQ) SEC filing indicated that Bristow has exercised […]
