Concessionaires, business owners and workers of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), protesting the plans of aviation unions to invade and destroy facilities at the terminal yesterday. Aviation

MMA2 Workers Protest against Unions Standoff as Dana Air Loses N100m

Workers of companies operating at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport domestic terminal, MMA2, yesterday kicked against continued picketing of the terminal by aviation unions over the sack of 27 workers of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of MMA2. Also major airline at the terminal, Dana Air, said the airline lost about N100 million on […]

Worst Airports for Overall Experience

Port Harcourt International Airport Omagwa, Rivers State, Nigeria, has been named the third worst airport to sleep in, according to Sleep in Airport rating. But the Director of Consumer Protection, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Adamu Abdullahi, said there is improvement because the Port Harcourt airport was the worst airport last year; so it […]

Unruly Passengers

THISDAY has learnt that about two weeks ago at Katoka International Airport, Accra, a flight due for another West African destination was delayed and the passengers billed for the flight became restive. They started violent tantrums over the delay and the official in charge of security at the airport warned the passengers and told them […]

NDLEA Arrests Suspects with Cocaine at Lagos Airport

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two suspected drug traffickers found with wraps of narcotic drug that tested positive for cocaine weighing 485 grammes. One of the suspects, Anazodo Innocent was found to have inserted wraps of cocaine into his anus on his way to Italy while the second suspect […]

Concession: Why FAAN Cannot Manage 17 Airports

Stakeholders in the aviation sector have expressed doubt about the ability of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to manage 17 airports if the four major ones were given out in concession as planned. THISDAY learnt that only the four major airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt are generating the revenues that are being […]