In Nigeria, commercial aircraft fly fewer times than the recommended hours due to the infrastructure deficit. This results in huge revenue losses for airlines. When airline operators describe Nigeria’s air operating environment as harsh, they are actually referring to the lack of and obsolete essential facilities, double taxation, scarcity and high cost of aviation fuel as […]
The Federal Airports of Nigeria, FAAN, carried out a simulation exercise at the airside of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, today August 16, 2017. The exercise was aimed at demonstrating the Authority’s readiness to attend to aircraft emergencies of any kind should the need arise. Present at the event was the Representative of […]
For the Federal Airports Authority to broaden its revenue base aimed at revamping airport infrastructure, industry experts posit that the agency must fully exploit non-aeronautical revenue sources. Many industry observers are of the view that the high charges imposed on airlines by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is because it has not […]
There is no doubt that the political developments in the polity have preoccupied the minds of commentators and pundits. Sensational stories like the 2016 Budget scandal rocking the House of Representatives, unending PDP crises—being fueled by contradictory rulings of learned Justices of Federal High Courts, Niger Delta imbroglio, and other pressing national issues, have succeeded […]
