FAAN

Campaign against Illicit Activities at Airports Intensified

The taskforce against indiscipline and illicit activities at the airports, established by the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, is bringing sanity and efficiency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. This was disclosed by the agency, which stated that the taskforce is meant to target issues […]

Airports

Impediments of Air Transport in Nigeria

One of the challenges Nigerian aviation industry faces is infrastructural limitation, which has plodded the rapid growth of the sector.  Our Correspondent reports that the inclination of government to embrace private sector investment in development of airport facilities may be the key to fast track development in the industry Over the years, inadequate or obsolete […]

FAAN

FAAN Directs Aviacargo Roadmap Committee to Fast-track Implementation of Findings

  The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, has directed the Aviacargo Roadmap Committee to fast-track its implementation finds to enable the agency develop its new cargo freighting programme. Kuku gave the directive at the weekend in a meeting in Lagos, urging the Committee to give her a quicker schedule […]

Airports

Airport Operators Groan over High Cost of Service Delivery by Government Agencies

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 […]

Aviation

Airport Concession: More Promises, Less Action

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 […]