The plan by the federal government to concession the terminals of major airports in Nigeria has forced Chinese contractors to suspend work on the new terminal at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, despite the celebrated unveiling in March this year. THISDAY investigation revealed that many critical facilities were yet to be put in place, but […]
The Senate on has passed the bill for the Act to provide for the establishment of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), a multimodal accident investigation agency, coming about a month after the House of Representatives passed the same bill. When assented to by the President, the Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) would transform into […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), has submitted the interim report of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) King Air -350 aircraft crash in Kaduna which claiming all 11 souls onboard including the then newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, to the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Amao, at his office at […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has hinted that it has concluded plans to digitalise database graphics to make it easier for airlines, including anyone interested in the report to read. The agency also said that the digitalised incidents reporting system has been discussed by Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and industry players have given a go […]
Aviation industry experts have said that ground-handling companies at the nation’s airports lose about $28,350,000 (about N14, 175 billion) annually to inappropriate pricing of their services. Thus, experts have warn that if the current rates charged airlines by the handling companies; foreign and local, are not reviewed, the ground handlers may go under, while safety […]
