Dunoma: Concession is the Best Option for Airport Management

Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Saleh Dunoma explains that the federal government’s resolve to concession major airports in the country stems from its inability to fund their development.   Recently the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) certified the two major airports in the country- the MurtalaMuhammed and the NnamdiAzikiwe International Airport, […]

FAAN Opens Another Car Park Entrance to Ease Gridlock at MMIA

in order to end the traffic gridlock caused by the multi-story new car park opened recently at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has opened another entrance to reduce traffic in front of the car park, which encumbers vehicular traffic to the arrival and […]

Actualising Enugu Airport’s Int’l Status

  When the first international flight took off from the AkanuIbiam International Airport, Enugu on August 13, 2013, it was expected that four years later, the airport would be servicing at least three more international carriers. This is because industry market analysts believe that the airlines would have international passengers from Aba, Enugu, Onitsha, Abakaliki, […]

Senate Wades into FAAN, Bi-Courtney Disagreement over MMA2

The Senate Committee on Aviation has promised to resolve the protracted disagreement between thee Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) over the concession of the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The terminal known as MMA2 was given out to BASL on Build Operate and […]

How Govt Inference is Killing Nigeria’s Airports

Officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) have identified government interference as the major cause of infrastructure decay and poor management of Nigeria’s airports. They alleged that those in positions of authority enrich themselves from the agency and force their acolytes and relations to be employed by the agency even when they are […]