After many years of animosity over concession agreement, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Mohammed, on Monday, met with the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2, Dr Wale Babalakin, in a historic interaction. The duo in a […]
The Chairman of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), the builder and operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport domestic terminal, known as MMA2, Dr. Wale Babalakin, has expressed disappointment over the underutilisation of the airport facility due to the refusal of concerned authorities to use the terminal for both domestic and regional operations. At its conception […]
Further investigation has revealed that the stowaway found on a United Nigeria Airline aircraft, parked at MMA2 Ikeja, during preflight inspection in the early hours of Sunday September 4, 2022 has given his name as Rasheed Mukar from Badagry in Lagos State. THISDAY learnt that he also told security operatives that he is 14 years […]
Last week reports indicated that Arik Air aircraft parked at the ramp of the domestic terminal of Lagos airport was accessed and critical equipment removed. Chinedu Eze looks at the security apparatus of the airport, insider security threats, and what concerned authorities are doing to forestall such incidents from happening again Many Nigerians were shocked […]
If the signals that started Friday last week are anything to go by, it means that a jinx is about to be broken in the aviation industry. That jinx is the hitherto cat-mouse relationship between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL). Last weekend FAAN’s Managing Director, Captain Rabiu […]
