On Tuesday hundreds of air travellers due to check-in for their flights to international destinations were delayed for hours when the airlines reverted to manual system for passenger facilitation. This was because on May 31, 2021, Societe International Telecommunication Aeronautiques (SITA), which provides Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), withdrew its services and the company, Arlington Securities […]
The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji, has stressed the need for more funding of the aviation agencies to enable them cope with the increase in demands for air travel. Nnaji made this known in Abuja, during an interaction between the committee and the heads of agencies led by the Permanent […]
Incidents of bird strike have become a source of concern to airline operators who fear that if not checked it may result to a major accident. To this end, the airlines have called on the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to urgently curtail the movement of birds around the airports and flight paths on […]
Aviation industry stakeholders have reacted to new security alert that warned of looming security threat at the airports. They advised the federal government to evolve new security apparatus to protect air travellers and other airport users in the country. The alert was contained in a letter from the Ministry of Interior to the Nigeria Security […]
There are indications that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has signed a deal with Arlington Securities Nigeria Services for the provision of Common Use Terminal Equipment and other passenger facilitation services. FAAN decided not to renew its contract with Societe International Telecommunication Aeronautiques (SITA), which had handled these services for the agency in […]
