The National Assembly joint committee on Aviation, headed by Senator Christine Olujumi and Honourable Nnolim Nnaji has directed the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika to halt the planned demolition of the offices of the aviation agencies in Lagos. The directive followed the two-day warning strike embarked by aviation workers’ unions, which crippled flight operations […]
Stakeholders in the aviation sector, especially members of the aviation unions have expressed fears over the perceived failure of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s aviation roadmap programme. They are therefore resisting the airport concession project, while calling for a complete stop of the project. According to them, the federal government may have failed in accomplishing two […]
Lufthansa Flight LH566 from Frankfurt and destined to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos as direct flight was on Friday diverted to Cotonou, Togo and later to Malabo, Capital of Equatorial Guinea by the pilot who lied to the passengers that Lagos airport was closed. The flight with over 200 passengers and about 15 […]
For several years, delays and cancellations have been associated with flight operations in Nigeria, a development that has created uncertainty among air passengers. Writer looks at ways such incidents could be significantly reduced The average Nigerian air traveller will always hold airlines responsible for flight delays and flight cancellations. This explains why some passengers vent […]
The total number of passengers that passed through Nigeria’s airports in 2022, increased to 16, 172, 433, higher than the 15 million passenger movement in 2021, according to statistics released by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Also, the determination of many Nigerians to leave the country in the now well-known japa syndrome boosted the […]
