The Menace of Fuel Tankers

The prevalence of tankers conveying aviation fuel, known as Jet A1at the MurtalaMuhammed International Airport, Lagos has become a threat to safety and a hindrance to vehicular traffic around the airport. In 2013, a study carried out by FAAN indicated that if there was explosion around the airport caused by highly inflammable vehicles, known as […]

NAMA Officials Lament Non-automation of Aeronautical Services

  The officers of the Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) in the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) have complained that their services are grossly underutilization because of the non-automation of the AIS system. They made this known during a one-day lecture organized by AIS personnel at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos on the use […]

Stowaway Exposes Poor Security at MMIA

  It has been confirmed that a 22-year old may from Nnewi in Anambra state stowed away in a spares compartment of Boeing B747 aircraft operated by Medview Airline and travelled to London from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and returned unharmed. Security operatives who are confounded by the successful access of the […]

FAAN Records Success on Executive Order at Lagos Airport As Check Tables Disappear

  The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) registers its satisfaction on the success with the compliance on Executive Order by agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. The physical check tables at the departure hall of the terminal is been removed, also the desks belonging to Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and Nigerian Drug […]

FAAN Ready for Aircraft Emergency at Airports

  The Federal Airports of Nigeria, FAAN, today, May 31, 2017, carried out a simulation exercise at the airside of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.   The exercise was aimed at demonstrating the Authority’s readiness to ensure that all cases of aircraft emergencies would be controlled whenever the need arises.   Present at […]