The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, has intervened to resolve the dispute on the Boeing 737-NG full flight fire simulator acquired in 2019 by the federal government and installed at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT). Rising from a meeting held in the MD/CE’s Boardroom […]
Following the recent industrial action embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), aviation industry stakeholders have warned that disruptions are disincentive to investment in the sector. It is estimated that the recent strike action embarked by the NLC and associated unions led to a loss of about N3 billion […]
East African carrier, Uganda Airlines has won the third Annual Aviation Cup Africa Tournament held in Lagos recently. The tournament, which held in Ikeja Golf Club over the weekend, was declared opened with a ceremonial take-off, by the Managing Director of Federal Airport Authority, Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, who was represented by the Director of Airport […]
Stakeholders in the Aviation industry have called on the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to urgently rehabilitate the old international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMIA) Lagos, to avert major safety threats leading to incessant fire incidents at the facility. There have been fire incidents at the terminal including the incident in September […]
Aviation industry stakeholders have stated that Nigerian airlines lose about N4 billion revenue annually due to inability to operate flights for longer hours. They identified lack of airfield lighting at some airports, paucity of air traffic controllers and insecurity as reasons for the limitation of airlines to operate their aircraft for longer hours. According to […]
