For commercial flights to continue to operate between Nigeria and the United States (US), a team from the US Transport Security Administration (TSA)is in the country to carry out security audit on the nation’s major airports. The objective of the assessment is to ensure that Nigerian airports still maintains given security standards, which prompted the […]
Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace, has reacted to the report that the wind screen of its aircraft from Akure, the Ondo state capital to Abuja, shattered upon landing on Monday. In a statement signed by the management, the airline stated: “Our attention has been drawn to a report about a windshield shattering on Air Peace […]
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State, have been recognised by the Airport Council International (ACI Africa) for their exceptional dedication to Airport Emergency Management and Resilience. The airport emergency planning is the process of preparing an airport to cope with an emergency occurring at the airport […]
NCAA: Air France to Airlift Passengers to Abuja by 9:30 Monday About 61 Nigerian passengers on an Air France flight from Paris to Abuja were stranded in Chad after an unexpected flight disruption due to technical hitches. The aircraft, which had earlier made a stop in Chad to drop off some passengers enroute Abuja, left the Nigerians stranded without engagement on […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) spent additional N2.5 billion on personnel allowances, hotel accommodation and flight tickets annually since the agency was forced to relocate its headquarters from Lagos to Abuja by the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika in 2020, THISDAY investigation has revealed. Officials of FAAN told THISDAY that the expenditures […]
