The domestic runway that was lit last week brought smile to the face of domestic airlines operators. This is because the project will save them N2 billion annually as fuel burnt taxing from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport runway to the domestic runway. The facility, since 2008, was put into use without airfield lighting. Besides […]
Major accident was averted Tuesday evening when Azman Air flight coming from Abuja landed and busted one of its tyres at the 18L runway of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. No casualty was recorded among the over 100 passengers on board the flight, as they were quickly evacuated. The aircraft could not move […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has refuted the claim by the Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (NATCA) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) that Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos lacks facilities to enhance landing by foreign airlines. It said contrary to the claim, it had provided the needed lighting system for […]
Airline operators have called on the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to avert imminent tragic accident by urgently rehabilitating the runways at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, which have degenerated over the years and are now damaging aircraft gears on landing and take-off. The latest […]
