It is expected that soon the new airport terminal at Abuja, Lagos and Kano airports would be put to use as the projects are nearing completion. In the past two years, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had striven to meet international standard practices in airport security, facilitation and personnel development in order to […]
Until recently, airlift of pilgrims to the Holly Land of Mecca was characterised by hiccups, including the failure of airlines to bring back the pilgrims they had taken to Saudi Arabia and undue delays during the return flight back to Nigeria. THISDAY investigations reveal that this was due to non-availability of operating aircraft and poor […]
Despite the promise by the federal government to concession the nation’s airports, starting with the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and three other major airports in Kano, Abuja and Port Harcourt, there are indications that this plan may not be actualised in the foreseeable future. THISDAY investigations have revealed that government had already concessioned […]
Workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) will meet next week to agree on the commencement date for their proposed four-day warning strike to protest a recent directive by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika that the agency should give five percent of its revenue from Passenger Service Charge (PSC) to Accident […]
Despite the fact that Nigeria’s economic recession peaked in 2016, there were more air passengers who travelled through the nation’s airports in the first quarter of 2016 than in 2017. In the first quarter of last year, only 59, 808 travelled through the airports but it is still more than the passengers that travelled in […]
