International and local airline operators, industry service providers and others have continued to emphasise that the plan by the federal government to concession major airport facilities in the country must be done efficiently and transparently. Federal government in the first phase of the programme plans the concession of the facilities of four major airports in […]
Since the federal government declared that it would concession terminal facilities in four major airports in the country, the plan has been fraught with controversies and fierce resistance from labour On November 22, 2006, the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, reported that it has successfully concluded an advisory […]
The Chairman, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), Dr. Wale Babalakin has said that the company is qualified to handle any of the airports slated for concession, having successfully operated the best airport terminal in Nigeria for 14 years. Babalakin whose company is the terminal operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos and the […]
The Delta State government on Tuesday formerly handed over the Asaba International Airport to the Asaba Airport Company Limited, the company that won the concession bid. In a brief ceremony the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Patrick Ukah, who represented Governor Ifeanyi Okowa said the six months transition period had ended. He said the […]
The federal government has insisted that it must concession Nigeria’s major airport terminals to secure investors that would expand the facilities in order to meet increasing passenger traffic, projected to reach 55 million by 2024. This is in line with the projection of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which stated that air transport growth […]
