•FAAN insists on flight spacing to prevent spread of pandemic The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has banned charter services with privately-registered aircraft with effect from today, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. his is coming as the Managing Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, has said that the agency will implement […]
The federal government recently directed that aviation agencies including the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) should relocate to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and were given 45 days to do so. Government had explained that this would help the agencies streamline […]
Medical supplies, medical personnel, medical kits and food are critical needs at this time of the COVID-19 lockdown and air movement is the quickest way to deliver them to people struggling to survive. This was what has fuelled the huge market for air cargo, which has made airlines transform the passenger cabin of their aircraft […]
The United States on Wednesday evening evacuated another batch of 281 Americans from the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, (MMIA) because of Coronavirus pandemic. The Americans were evacuated by Ethiopian Airlines with a Boeing 777-300 aircraft with registration mark, ET-ASK to Washington DC. The flight, which departed at 16:00 pm local time had both children and the elderly […]
UK explores options of evacuating nationalsA chartered Air France Flight AF0986 thursday evacuated 260 European citizens from Nigeria and additional 118 European citizens from other West African countries through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, THISDAY has learnt. The British High Commission is also exploring options for sending its staff, dependents and other Britons […]
