L-R: Ag. Managing Director, Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Emma Anasi, Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika and Regional Officer, Communication, Navigational and Surveillance (CNS), Western and Central Africa (WACAF), Mr Francois Salmbanga at the ongoing 24th meeting of Western and Central Africa Satellite Network Management Committee, at NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja recently. Aviation

Endless Wait for New Airport Terminals

Recent reports from Arcaid, Architects and Environmental Consultants on behalf of the federal government revealed that the four new terminals at the four major airports in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano are encumbered by structural defects, thus they would not be put in use in 2018 as earlier planned. The consultants also said that […]

New Airports Terminals May Gulp Additional N10bn

There is an indication that the federal government may source for additional N10 billion to provide the basic amenities, and relocate some facilities before the new terminals built at the four major airports in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt would come on stream. THISDAY learnt from informed source that the project cost would be […]

FAAN’s New Terminals and 2018

Many passengers who travelled through the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja since early 2017 after the ease of doing business policy was introduced by the federal government acknowledged that passenger processing has improved and now travellers spend less time checking in and going through […]

Waiting for New Airport Terminals

In 2013, the Nigerian government and its Chinese counterpart deepened their diplomatic relationship when the later offered $500 million loan to Nigeria for the building of four airport terminals in Kano, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Lagos in addition to the building of international terminal for Enugu airport, which loan was earlier secured from the Chinese. […]

NAHCO Takes over ET Handling in Kano

The Nigerian Handling Company Plc (nacho aviance) said it has started handling Ethiopia Airlines in Kano. The company said with the recent commencement of the passenger and ramp handling of Ethiopia in Kano, it has now made a complete haul of ET’s passenger services and ramp handling in Nigeria. The cut-over of the airline’s passenger […]