Airports

‘Partnership Key to Airport Infrastructure Renewal’

A former Special Advisor on Investment and Rapid Airport Development to the Minister of Aviation, Dr. Daniel Tarka has said in order to solve the major problem in air transport in Nigeria, which is obsolete infrastructure, the federal government should fully embrace public private partnership (PPP). Tarka who spoke to THISDAY in exclusive interview on […]

INTERVIEW

Nwafor: Not All State Airports are Unproductive

In this Interview, the Managing Director/CEO Anambra International Cargo Passenger Airport, Anambra State, Martins Nwafor said some state airports have become waste of economic resources but insisted that some others could be highly productive. Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said recently in Abuja that many state owned airports could be waste […]

Aviation

FAAN, Bi-Courtney Meet, May Chart New Partnership

  After many years of animosity over concession agreement, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Mohammed, on Monday, met with the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2, Dr Wale Babalakin, in a historic interaction. The duo in a […]

Aviation

Nigeria Air Force Apprehend Cable Robber at MMIA

Nigeria Air Force officials who were on security duty at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos apprehended one suspected cable thief while two escaped in the wee hours of yesterday, according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). A statement from the agency signed by the Director Public Affairs  & Consumer Protection, Abdullahi  Yakubu-Funtua, said the […]

Aviation

Ebonyi Airport: Taking Advantage of Niche Markets

  The recently built airport facility in Onueke, Ebonyi State, will create opportunities for development in neighbouring states like Cross River, Abia and Enugu, owing to proximity. It was like a dream come true for the people of the state when on Thursday, April 17, 2023 the first flight from a commercial airline, Air Peace […]