Flights were forced to hover for over 30 minutes at the Abuja airspace when an aircraft skidded off the runway and forced the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to shut down flight operations for 30 minutes a the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The incident involved a business jet owned by Nest Oil, which […]
Airport runways under the management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria are all rundown. The poor conditions of the facilities expose flights to security and safety threats On Monday when the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed and the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator HadiSirika met with members of Aviation Round Table (ART) in Lagos, […]
Nigeria’s major carrier, Medview Airline operated many flights on Thursday to Kaduna International Airport and from the airport to other domestic destinations to mark the movement from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, which runway is undergoing comprehensive repairs. The CEO of the airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole who was happy for the successful relocation of […]
Ahead of the March 8 closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Internatinal Airport, Abuja and in a bid to ensure accuracy, reliability and efficiency of facilities at the Kaduna airport, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has rounded off the routine calibration of the Very High Omnidirectional Radio Range/Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) and the flight commissioning […]
Airline operators have called on the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to avert imminent tragic accident by urgently rehabilitating the runways at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, which have degenerated over the years and are now damaging aircraft gears on landing and take-off. The latest […]