The Federal Airports of Nigeria, FAAN, today, May 31, 2017, carried out a simulation exercise at the airside of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The exercise was aimed at demonstrating the Authority’s readiness to ensure that all cases of aircraft emergencies would be controlled whenever the need arises. Present at […]
There was a time the word “blind spot” was in the front burner in Nigeria’s aviation lexicon and it was used to explain the part of the airspace where the pilot in a flight was unable to receive or send out messages to the Air Traffic Controllers (ATC). These days that expression has lost currency; […]
It has been projected that the total cost of the planned upgrade of landing facilities including instrument landing system, (ILS) installation of airfield lighting, uninterrupted electricity supply, automation of aeronautical information service as well as radio communication would cost the federal government about N35billion. The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator HadiSirikastated recently at the College […]
United Arab Emirates helicopter company, Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA), completed its giant steps to invest in Nigeria economy by joining forces with a Nigerian indigenous aircraft charter operator, OAS Helicopters. The arrival of ADA’s 15 seater full offshore equipped helicopter AW-139 with registration number A6-AWH at OAS’ newTerminal NAFBASE Airport, Port Harcourt last Thursday completed […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 8.5% in April 2017 compared to the year-earlier period. While this was down from the 13.4% year-on-year growth recorded in March 2017, it is well above the average annual growth rate of 3.5% […]