Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Muhtar Usman says efficiency in airline operations, sustained safety and modernsiation of airport facilities will attract more air passengers. It is indicative that many people in the aviation industry see concession of airports as a solution to the protracted decay of infrastructural facilities in the industry, […]
Again, workers in the aviation industry have rejected the plan by the federal government to concession Nigeria’s major airports, starting with the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The workers insist that government is not sincere with the process and aims to sell the facilities in a self-serving transaction that would not meet the target […]
The federal government said it is targeting about $3billion from the concession of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos considering the passenger traffic, the aircraft movement and the volume of cargo processed through the airport. Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika said that government was maintaining the Lagos airport and other airports slated […]
Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) has said that it is fully in support of the federal government’s plan to concession the airports and frowned at the protest march against government’s proposed concession of Lagos and Abuja airports by some stakeholders in the aviation industry. A statement signed by the Head of Corporate Communications, BASL, Steve […]
Despite the promise by the federal government to concession the nation’s airports, starting with the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and three other major airports in Kano, Abuja and Port Harcourt, there are indications that this plan may not be actualised in the foreseeable future. THISDAY investigations have revealed that government had already concessioned […]