Despite stiff opposition, especially by aviation unions, if well-managed, concession could be the remedy for Nigeria’s airport infrastructure challenges. Occasionally, Airport Council International (ACI) tends to support government and its agencies owning airports and related facilities. There was a time ACI argued that privatising airports could cost an air traveller more because when airports are […]
Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), says despite the challenges facing two of the airlines operating from the terminal, MMA2 is still fully operational. The management of the two affected airlines – Aero Contractors and First Nation – had announced last week the suspension of flight operations […]
Aero Contractors has revealed how its check in staff that reported a child kidnapper who boarded the airline’s flight at the Murtala Muhammed Domestic Airport (MMA2), Lagos on Tuesday. A middle-aged female passenger, billed to travel to Port Harcourt carried two-week old infant suspected not to be her child by her conduct and was forced […]
Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos, has claimed that Arik Air’s alleged N12.5 billion indebtedness, which led to the disruption of its operations in Lagos and Abuja by aviation workers on Wednesday, 20th April 2016 was part of Bi-Courtney’s legitimate revenue that the Federal Airports Authority of […]
By Chinedu Eze There have been renewed clamour for the concession of airport facilities, which is seen as panacea to the problem of funding of airport infrastructure and further development. This agitation has gained traction as government coffers shrink and as funding of airport projects is seen as luxury instead of social service, which it […]
