Aviation

2020: Year of Aviation Meltdown

The coronavirus killed over a million people globally, devastated many sectors in economies and literally castrated the aviation sector. S hortly before the lockdown around March 2020, South Africa Airways stopped its daily operations to Nigeria and thus ended direct commercial flight between two Africa’s largest economies. Globally the world economy has been devastated by […]

MMIA Aviation

Experts Seek Improved Welfare for Airport Workers

Airport users and aviation security experts have expressed concern over illicit activities by persons employed as cleaners at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. THISDAY investigations revealed that the concessionaire to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), which recruited the cleaners, allegedly pays them N15, 000 monthly and most often the payment is […]

Aviation

FAAN Can Shore Up IGR with Non-aeronautical Revenue, Experts Say

Experts in the aviation industry have said the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) can boost its revenue significantly by fully exploiting non-aeronautical revenue sources. FAAN generated about N30 billion last year, but about 80 per cent of its revenue came from aeronautical sources. But industry experts argued that the agency could boost its revenue […]

Aviation

FAAN INSPECT MAKIA AHEAD OF TERMINAL COMMISSIONING; CONDUCTS FACILITY TOUR OF NATION’S 23 AIRPORTS

As part of preparations for the commissioning of the newly completed, world-class, brand new international terminal at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Management of the Federal Airports Authority (FAAN), last week inspected facilities at the airport. The delegation, which was led by the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Authority, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu also […]

GMD, Mrs. Fagbemi Aviation

Rising against Smear Campaign

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc has risen to expose and denounce the efforts to damage its reputation by ex-officials of the organisation. The company recently replied the erstwhile managing director of its subsidiary, NAHCO Free Trade Zone (FTZ), Mr. Baba Yusuf, who accused the company of using its facility to conceal illegal weapons […]