The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has brokered peace between the National Union of Air Transport Employees NUATE and Turkish Airlines that would allow the airline to begin the airlift of Nigeria passengers who have been stranded at the International wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos since Tuesday following the picketing of the airline by the union. This is coming as the European […]
Flights were diverted yesterday as aircraft belonging to Xejet Airlines yesterday skidded off the runway at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos. The incident happened after landing at Runway 18L before it skidded off the Runway into the grass verge by B5 Aircraft. A source privy to the incident stated that the E145 aircraft […]
Chinedu Eze writes that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria is saddled with unviable airports with poor infrastructure and as a government agency it lacks the freedom to innovate ways to make the facilities profitable. One of the major challenges the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is facing is that it earns profitable revenue […]
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 […]
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 […]
