As Nigeria turns 59, the aviation industry has recorded progress but experts posit that the sector is not where it ought to be. Before Nigeria’s independence, Nigeria along with some West African countries had one national carrier, the West Africa Airways Corporation (WAAC), which started in 1946 and went under in 1958, when the Nigeria […]
Chairman of House Committee on Aviation, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji has pledged to collaborate with the Senate, industry agencies to bequeath to Nigerians an industry that is safe, reliable and viable. Nnaji made this known during his post inaugural address and said the Committee would take immediate action to review the lopesided policies that encourages the […]
Airline operators and other users of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have confirmed that there is improved security at the terminal and airside of the airport. THISDAY learnt that Close-Circuit Television (CCTV) has been deployed at the various areas at the international terminal and also at the sterile areas of the airport after […]
Nigerian representative on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, Captain Musa Nuhu has been elected the Chairperson by the Comprehensive Regional Implementation Plan for Aviation Safety in Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI Plan) Steering Committee in Montreal Canada during its meeting at the ongoing 40th Session of ICAO General Assembly. Capt. Nuhu succeeds Mr. […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) commended the significant progress made by governments at the 40th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Environment was at the top of the agenda, and after some robust discussions between states, there were two critical outcomes: The ICAO Council will report to the next Assembly on options […]
