The federal government has been enjoined to reinforce security at the nation’s airports to forestall possible terror attacks. The experts gave the advice, following a resurgence of terror attacks on airports around the world. They recommended among others, more intelligence rather than physical checks at the airports, deployment of hi-tech equipment to monitor activities at […]
Travel expert and organiser of Akwaaba African Travel Market, Ikechi Uko said urgent government attention is needed to save the air travel industry. Let’s start with what the economy has done to domestic passenger traffic. What is your evaluation of the market? From my experience in the past two weeks going to Abuja and Enugu, […]
The contraction in passenger traffic halves the yield for domestic airlines and threatens their existence. If the economic contraction continues, many local carriers may go under. Emerging figures on passenger movement from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) indicate that there is drastic reduction of air travellers to domestic destinations. This has invariably reduced […]
Of all the airports built by the state governments, only the ones in Asaba and Uyo could be described as busy. Before it was downgraded, the Asaba airport was recording many flights from four airlines a day. Flights largely from Lagos and Abuja and the airlines were recording high load factor. The airport filled a […]
The management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria is constrained to advise all airport users, especially passengers and airline operators, to be security conscious at airports, following the spate of recent security breaches, including bomb blasts, at some airports around the world. Passengers are advised not to accept any luggage from anyone and to […]
