Aviation industry experts have called for the review of Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA), signed between Nigeria and other countries, which many of them believe is lopsided against Nigeria. They said the coronavirus lockdown period was a good opportunity to review the BASA, which they argued some countries had been benefitting from over the years […]
The Nigerian aviation industry on a monthly basis loses about N30 billion over the continued closure of the international airspace due to the coronavirus pandemic. The losses, borne by the host economy, operating local and international carriers, and sundry service providers, were derived from the $1 billion or N360 billion yearly average earning and about […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has described actions of former Zamfara Governor Abdulaziz Yari as "irresponsible". Yari was reported to have refused to adhere to safety protocols and procedures put in place at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport on Saturday. The former governor was said to have described himself as a "VIP" […]
Pressure has continued to mount on the Federal Government to lift the ban on international flights less than a week after the reopening of airports for national flights. But the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the apex aviation regulatory agency, insists the time is not ripe to resume international operations, even as it stated that […]
The federal government has announced that it has approved the fifth evacuation flight that would bring home stranded Nigerians in the United States. This was coming as 590 Nigerian evacuees have departed Gatwick North Terminal, United Kingdom on Air Partner UK. A statement that was issued by the Consulate General of Nigeria in Atlanta on […]
It may take one week for all the remaining airports to reopen for commercial operations, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said on Tuesday. Director-General of the apex regulatory agency, Capt. Musa Nuhu, who spoke Tuesday night at a webinar on the review of Aviation restart, however, said before the end of Wednesday, four more […]
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu will reopen for normal business on August 30. Mr Sirika gave the assurance at the airport in Enugu after inspecting the progress of ongoing rehabilitation of the runway and upgrade of other infrastructure, aiming toward international standards, on Tuesday. He said the […]
On March 19 this year, eight officials of the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Nigerian Railway Corporation huddled together in Abuja with representatives of three contracting firms handling various sections of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Railway. The meeting had a singular agenda: the narrow-gauge rehabilitation project - broken into three contracts - had failed […]
The Full Business Case Compliance of the Ibadan Dry Port (IDP) estimated to cost $94m (about N43.24bn) will soon be developed for approval by the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and the Federal Executive Council (FEC). This is the next phase of the public private project (PPP) that is being guaranteed by the Nigerian […]
The Nigerian government has announced that the fifth evacuation flight for its citizens stranded in the United States of America is set for July 31. This was contained in a statement by the Consulate General of Nigeria on Monday and shared by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. Notice on the FIFTH Evacuation Flight […]
