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 […]

Nigerian Dies Aboard Emirates Flight

A young Nigerian woman who connected Emirates flight from South Africa, Kofo Abaniwonda was reported to have died on aboard Emirates Airline. She died Friday and was buried on Saturday at Ikorodu, reports indicated. Sources at the airport indicated that the deceased, a young woman and a professional, might have travelled to seek medical attention in South […]

Dunoma: Concession is the Best Option for Airport Management

Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Saleh Dunoma explains that the federal government’s resolve to concession major airports in the country stems from its inability to fund their development.   Recently the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) certified the two major airports in the country- the MurtalaMuhammed and the NnamdiAzikiwe International Airport, […]

Emirates Resumes Abuja Flights as Nigeria Staggers Out of Recession

Emirates announced today it will reinstate its second daily service to Lagos and resume operations to Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, with four weekly flights from 15 December 2017. Similar to the current daily service between Dubai and Lagos, the added frequencies to Lagos will be operated with Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, offering eight private suites […]

Senate Wades into FAAN, Bi-Courtney Disagreement over MMA2

The Senate Committee on Aviation has promised to resolve the protracted disagreement between thee Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) over the concession of the domestic terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The terminal known as MMA2 was given out to BASL on Build Operate and […]