Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) hereby expresses its gross disappointment and deepest displeasure at the deplorable state of Navigational Aids at airports around the country which makes flying in the Nigerian airspace virtually impossible during the harmattan season thereby increasing the sufferings of passengers and disrupting their plans for the yuletide season due to flight […]
Despite the seemingly tight security at the nation’s airports, incidents of stowaways and other illegal infiltrations to supposedly secure areas of the airports are on the rise. The report last Wednesday of a dead body found in the wheel-well of Arik Air aircraft on arrival in Johannesburg at the South Africa Airways Technical maintenance at […]
Baggage handling workers have been fingered in the stowaway incidents at the nation’s airports. Security experts at the airport hinted that investigations into the recent stowaway incident involving an Arik Air aircraft revealed that insiders aid stowaways. A man who stowed away in Arik Aircraft was found dead in the flight shortly after it arrived […]
Top security officials from the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Police and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Aviation Security (AVSEC) at the weekend held emergency meeting on how to fortify security at the nation’s airports. THISDAY learnt that the federal government has ordered security upgrade at […]
The declining number of operating aircraft in Nigerian airlines’ fleet is taking a toll on air transportation in the country as most flights are either delayed or cancelled leaving passengers stranded at various airports. THISDAY checks revealed that the air passengers that wait in departures are currently on the rise, as there are only few […]