Last week reports indicated that Arik Air aircraft parked at the ramp of the domestic terminal of Lagos airport was accessed and critical equipment removed. Chinedu Eze looks at the security apparatus of the airport, insider security threats, and what concerned authorities are doing to forestall such incidents from happening again Many Nigerians were shocked […]
If the signals that started Friday last week are anything to go by, it means that a jinx is about to be broken in the aviation industry. That jinx is the hitherto cat-mouse relationship between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL). Last weekend FAAN’s Managing Director, Captain Rabiu […]
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services of Nigeria (BASL), operators of Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA2) have pledged that they would henceforth work together. The two organisations have battled each other over the years on issues bordering on the conditions of concessional agreement given to BASL. The pledge came over the […]
In line with its decision to wipe out corrupt practices at the airports, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has arrested over 90 persons, caught at Nigeria’s busiest gateways, the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The suspects were arrested for carrying out nefarious activities, including facilitating the issuance of […]
Nigerian airlines are beginning to count their huge financial losses in the maintenance of aircraft engines that are adversely affected by bird strike during operations. They said they spend millions of dollars every year to repair or replace engines damaged by bird strike. They also said that on regular basis airlines suffer bird strike in […]
