Flight operations may have stopped at the Gombe and Kebbi airports as indications show that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) may have withdrawn its services over N800 million unpaid debts owed it by the management of the two airports. FAAN for several months have requested that the two airports and the other state-owned […]
Robbery of aircraft during stoppage at the runway and other thefts has raised concerns about security at nation’s airports. When the reports of robbery on taxying aircraft on the airside of the nation’s busiest airport, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos was made public, concerned aviation authorities doubted the possibility because it looked incredible, […]
Nigeria is set to take delivery of an automatic aircraft firefighting simulator, according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The equipment manufacturers, Messrs Alpine Metal Technology Company, UK has carried out the factory acceptance and pre-shipment inspection and test of the simulator in the presence of top Nigerian functionaries, including the Minister of […]
West Africa’s biggest carrier, Air Peace on Tuesday dismissed reports that it plans to originate its flights to Sharjah and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A statement signed by the carrier’s Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah said it had not altered its plan to commence its Sharjah […]
Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos has declared that its concession agreement with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) subsists for 36 years and not 12 years as claimed in some quarters. The terminal operator also claimed that FAAN had denied it at least N250bn as […]
