Maintenance

Concession as Panacea for Airport Infrastructure Decay

As government faces the challenge of providing social services amid other competing needs, the private sector could take over the renewal of airport facilities through concessions, writes Chinedu Eze   The solution to the decay and poor rating of airport facilities could lie with government’s decision to introduce concession as permanent policy in airport infrastructure renewal […]

Aviation

Again, Experts Raise the Alarm over Security Breaches at Airports

Chinedu Eze Security operatives and aviation security experts have called for concerted efforts to tighten security at the nation’s airports, expressing the fears that insider threats could endanger the lives of airport users, unless security operatives are vigilant. Countries all over the world and aviation security agencies have been on red alert following reports that the […]

Aviation

Furore over Poaching of Pilots

As competitors, domestic airlines, which strive for chunks of the Nigerian air travel market, are naturally rivals. But over the years it has been established that one of the major problems bedeviling the industry is the unhealthy competition among the airlines. The airlines have at various times adopted unscrupulous ways to de-market one another. In […]

Aviation

Gulf Airlines Growth Curbed by Congestion

Gulf carriers once unstoppable expansion is being tested by the area’s congested airspace and airports, according to industry leaders. Reuters reported that the carriers such as Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) and Emirates are having to keep a close eye on fleet expansion plans because their hub airports of Jeddah and Dubai are struggling to handle […]

Aviation

Air Peace to Spend N200m on Training of Beauty Queen

Air Peace and the Foundation of Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria ( FEHN ) would spend over N200 million on the training of newly crowned Miss Nigeria Miss  Lessi Peter -Vigboro and others in non – violence and conflict management at the Emory University, Martin Luther King Centre in Atlanta. The training in conflict management and non […]