Operators of state and privately owned airports have cried out over the exorbitant cost of compulsory services provided by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET). According to the regulatory policy of the federal government on air travel, the agencies must provide these […]
Nigerians are inundated with several plans by the federal government to concession the country’s airports and bring the private sector to invest in infrastructural development of airport facilities. This has been a sing-song for years but at the end of the day nothing is being achieved and the status quo remains. The former Minister of […]
Pilgrims, stakeholders airline operators have commended the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) over the successful commencement of the 2024 airlift of pilgrims to the Holy Land, Saudi Arabia. The stakeholders said that at all the airports the airlifting is taking place, there is absence of hiccups that characterized the exercise in the previous years. […]
It has emerged that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), poorly rates Nigeria’s international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu, because they lack needed state-of-the art facilities to make them friendly to travellers. For airports to meet given standard in accordance to ICAO regulations, international airports are supposed to have both security […]
Ethiopian Airlines Group is building five more domestic airports with the view to expanding domestic destinations, Chief Executive Officer Mesfin Tasew said. Mesfin Tasew, indicated that the airline is working to expand domestic and international destinations, disclosing that the airline has 136 international and 22 domestic destinations. With the increasing number of its planes, the […]
