Aviation

Why Labour is against Airport Concession

  Recently labour unions representing the workers at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria reiterated their rejection of plan by the federal government to concession major airports in the country, insisting that there will be lack of transparency in the process Although when transparently conducted and subjected to the right legal and administrative framework with […]

MMIA Aviation

FG Targets Processing 55mn Passengers at Airports by 2048

The federal government has projected that the major international airports: the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano and the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa would be processing about 55 million passengers annually by 2048. This was the estimate made by the Outline […]

MMIA Aviation

Challenges of International Air Travel

There have been many complaints from airlines and passengers since international flights started on September 5, 2020. Passengers have complained that the COVID-19 protocol has been very stringent and inefficient such that travellers are finding it difficult to abide by the rules. This is because the PTF on COVID-19 has decided that government health institutions […]

Sirika Aviation

International Flights Resume August 29

After many weeks of speculation, the the federal government on Monday announced that international flight will resume on 29th of August. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika made this known through his Twitter handle @hadisirika and stated “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the 29th of August, 2020. Beginning with Lagos and Abuja […]

Aviation

Airport Concession as Catalyst for Development

Aviation industry stakeholders have posited that concession is the only choice government have to attract private funds for the development of the airports It is becoming inexorably clear that the only option Nigeria has to develop its airports and deploy state of the art terminals, technology based facilitation utilities and synchronised security system is to […]