FAAN

After Year-long Reconstruction, FAAN Finally Reopens International Runway at MMIA

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday reopened the 3.9 kilometer Runway 18R/36R at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos used mainly for international operations.  The first aircraft that landed on the runway was operated by Kenya Airways, followed by Delta Air Lines yesterday afternoon to mark the reopening of the facility.  The […]

Airports

FAAN MD Calls for Streamlining of Security Checks at Airports

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, has called on security operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to streamline the screening process in order to reduce delays incurred in passenger facilitation. Travellers go through different stages of screening conducted by security operatives from Aviation Security […]

MMIA Airports

The Ugly Side of Nigerian Airport Toilets

For several years, air travellers in Nigeria have complained about the toilets at the airports, describing them as dirty, squalid and dilapidated. As a matter of fact, many Nigerians and foreigners familiar with the toilets don’t use them; they rather wait till they get home before they relieve themselves or they seek for alternatives to […]

Aviation

Aviation Minister Orders Relocation Flight Operations to New International Terminal at Lagos Airport

*Suspends Nigeria Air Programme, Airport Concession *Directs Airlines to Remove Abandoned Aircraft from MMIA in 3 Months    The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo has given the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) October 1, 2023 to relocate all flight operations to the new international terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and […]