Many international carriers recorded up to four hours delays when they were forced to relocate from the old terminal to the new international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The situation seemed to have improved yesterday but there were a lot of disruptions on Wednesday and Thursday when international carriers were forced […]
International and local airline operators, industry service providers and others have continued to emphasise that the plan by the federal government to concession major airport facilities in the country must be done efficiently and transparently. Federal government in the first phase of the programme plans the concession of the facilities of four major airports in […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is contacting aviation regulators worldwide to request that the rules governing use of airport slots be suspended immediately and for the 2020 season, due to the impact of COVID-19 (the Coronavirus). Around 43% of all passengers depart from over 200 slot coordinated airports worldwide. At present, the rules for […]
For more than one year no Nigerian airline operated long haul service. This means that international passenger traffic, which is over four million per annum and worth over $2 billion annually is airlifted solely by foreign airlines. The last long haul flight operated by a Nigerian airline was that of Medview, which started Lagos-Dubai service […]
Airline operators have urged top government officials in the aviation sector to be careful the way they pillory their operations because such attacks hurt their business with their international partners. The airlines alleged that from the utterances of some government officials it has become obvious that government does not have confidence in its own airlines […]
