Serial plane stowaway foils TSA again

The TSA is no match for Marilyn Hartman. The 66-year-old “serial stowaway” was caught yet again after sneaking through security at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport last week without a ticket or passport — but not before she made it all the way to London. Hartman, who lives in Grayslake, Ill., has made a hobby of ducking the […]

ICRC Moves to Resolve Concession Disagreement between FAAN, Bi-Courtney over MMA2

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has started moves to finally resolve over a decade disagreement between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) on the concession of the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, known as MMA2. The leadership of ICRC led by […]

Usman: The World Has Confidence in Our Aviation Sector

The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Muhtar Usman says Nigeria has maintained a good record in air safety because of effective regulation, further adding that security has been beefed up at nation’s major airports.   Nigerian airlines were elated by the recent weather review done by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). […]

Lesson to be Learnt from Ethiopia Airlines

What was cardinally important about the successful conduct of C-check on Boeing B737 Classic by Aero Contractors was the fact that the maintenance exercise was delivered by largely indigenous personnel. It has been over 30 years such feat was achieved in Nigeria. But in Ethiopia, Ethiopia Airlines for several years has been conducting such high […]

New Airports Terminals May Gulp Additional N10bn

There is an indication that the federal government may source for additional N10 billion to provide the basic amenities, and relocate some facilities before the new terminals built at the four major airports in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt would come on stream. THISDAY learnt from informed source that the project cost would be […]