Writer talks about the recent picketing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport domestic terminal in Lagos by aviation unions and the huge loss incurred by airlines and other businesses. Operators have continued to count their losses estimated to be over N500 million, after a recent siege laid on the first privately-funded terminal in Nigeria, the Murtala […]
Last week an aircraft owned by Overland Airways caught fire and burnt beyond redemption at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The aircraft was undergoing maintenance at the airline’s hangar when the incident occurred. Eye witness account indicated that the Overland Airways ATR aircraft burnt down because fire […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released four accident and serious incident reports, which occurred in the country between July 2004 and August 2015. This is as Engr. Akin Olateru, the Commissioner of AIB said that the current administration has achieved 52.1 per cent on publication of accident and serious incident reports and 47.4 per […]
The federal government has said that henceforth it would adopt a reciprocity policy to deal with foreign airlines and countries that discriminate against Nigerian passengers and airlines. This was in reaction to numerous complaints from Nigerian passengers who were short-changed or discriminated against by foreign airlines and Nigerian carriers who are denied landing rights or […]
Less than two weeks after eight Ghanaian girls were stopped by the officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos for attempted human trafficking, it has arrested another batch of four suspects from the English speaking country for similar offence. The four Ghanaians who were arrested at the […]
