To enable Nigeria vaunt of state-of-the-art facilities at airports, the ongoing infrastructural renewal must continue. The aviation industry has achieved high level of safety in recent times, and air passengers have experienced peace of the mind within the period. In the last eight years of the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, there was no record of major […]
Former Managing Director of Virgin Nigeria Airways and currently the CEO of Ropeways, Captain Dapo Olumide, says Nigeria needs to provide the needed infrastructure and maintenance facility before establishing strong airlines so that they could be profitable and competitive. He said that Nigeria does not need a national carrier that has government input but one […]
A week today, Air Peace flight landed at the international runway of the MurtalaMuhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos at about 8:30 pm. It took the aircraft about 30 minutes to taxi to the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) the final destination of the flight. Before it landed, the aircraft queued (hovered) with both international and […]
An aviation sector expert has said that as much as N32 billion would be required for upgrade of major Nigerian airports to operate 24 hours. The expert who is close to the Ministry of Transportation however stated that the government does not have the resources to embark on a comprehensive modernisation of these airports. He […]
Nigerian airlines have said that most of the operators may end schedule flight services this year, unless government takes urgent steps to resolve lingering issues that have hampered their operations. THISDAY checks at the domestic airside of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Wednesday revealed that many aircraft owned by domestic carriers are not […]
