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Home About Us News Airlines Features Interviews Politics Pictures and Videos Events Contact Us FAAN MD says Nigeria lost $2.5bn to foreign countries in 2021 over lack of functional MRO facility

Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Yadudu Nigeria has disclosed that Nigeria lost $2.5 billion (about N1.25 trillion) on Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) investments to neighbouring countries in 2021 due to lack of functional facility in the country. Nigerian airlines ferry their aircraft for maintenance to countries like Ethiopia, […]

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Again, AON Calls Attention to Aviation Fuel Scarcity

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has said passengers should expect more flight disruptions, as the scarcity of aviation fuel, known as Jet A1 is biting harder. AON’s spokesman and Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, Obiora Okonkwo, said in a statement on Monday that the persistent fuel scarcity is affecting the operations of air transport […]

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Aviation Industry Recounts Achievements in 2021 Despite Fears

Despite initial predictions that it would take aviation sector in Africa longer period to recover from the effect of the devastation of COVID-19 pandemic, Nigerian domestic flight operations made quick recovery and galvanised ancillary services to a high economic throttle. In November 2020, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) projected a slow restart for Africa […]