Nigerians travelling to international destinations have heaved a sigh of relief with the fall in cost of ticket to all destinations. The most affected is the Lagos-London route, from where it is projected that over 1000 people travel from Nigeria to UK every day. Two factors have been attributed to the fall of the airfares: […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) spent additional N2.5 billion on personnel allowances, hotel accommodation and flight tickets annually since the agency was forced to relocate its headquarters from Lagos to Abuja by the former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika in 2020, THISDAY investigation has revealed. Officials of FAAN told THISDAY that the expenditures […]
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has held discussions with the UK Department for Transport on how Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace can obtain favourable slot allocation to enable it operate non-stop flights to London. Air Peace had earlier received approval to operate to Gatwick Airport in London from Lagos but was […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed the internal memo from the Managing Director of the agency, Mrs. Olubumi Kuku to the Director of Human Resources and Administration to provide the implication of relocating its headquarters back to Lagos. In a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs. Obiageli […]
It has been established that if Nigeria maximises food production, agriculture will replace oil and gas as major source of foreign exchange, but to make this possible farmers and middlemen must find easier ways of freighting farm produce to both local and international markets. Aviators conversant with air freighting of cargo have posited that the […]
