Aircraft owners and pilots have kicked against the plan by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to hike the Passenger Service Charge (PSC) from N1,000 to N2,000 for domestic flights and from $50 to $100 for international flights, representing 100 per cent increase, with effect from August 1, 2020. President of Aircraft Owners and […]
The Federal Government Wednesday night announced July 8 as resumption date for domestic flights. Announcing this on his official twitter handle, Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said domestic operations would resume at the Abuja and Lagos Airports on July 8. He said operations would resume at Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri and Maiduguri Airports on July […]
Mrs Hadiza Bala Usman, on assumption of office as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), undertook a tour of NPA's facilities in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Calabar. Before the tour, little did she know the extent of rot, waste and mismanagement of resources that awaited her on arrival at the facilities. She […]
Peace Mass Transit (PMT), one of the transportation companies in Nigeria, says it will resume interstate travels nationwide on July 1, with only 50 per cent carriage but without any extra cost to passengers. This is following the relaxation of interstate travel restriction by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. According to the PTF, all interstate […]
The Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), Vicky Hastrup, has called on the federal government to speed up work on port access roads and put the necessary environment in place to reduce the high cost of doing business at the ports. Hastrup, who said terminal operators have lost 40 per cent of their […]
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has dismissed reports that a cloned account was purportedly being operated by its retired staff to siphon funds from government accounts. The rebuttal came on the heels of news linked to an alleged whistleblower, identified as John Okupurhe, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Attorney-General of the […]
Nigeria is reopening schools for the graduating class on the advice of a task force that students get help in preparing for examinations. The chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19 Boss Mustapha said, the federal government also lifted the ban on interstate movement outside curfew hours and reopened airports for domestic flights. Mustapha […]
Nigeria's major carrier, Air Peace yesterday airlifted about 327 Nigerians from London in the airline's maiden flight to UK's capital and the first leg of the evacuation exercise to Europe's commercial centre. A statement signed by the airline's spokesman, Mr. Stanley Olisa said that the Nigerians were airlifted by Air Peace iconic Boeing 777, with […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has banned charter services with privately-registered aircraft with effect from today, THISDAY's investigation has revealed. This is coming as the Managing Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, has said that the agency will implement flight spacing at all its airports in order to ensure […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has increased the Passenger Service Charge (PSC) payable by air travellers on local and international flights by 100 per cent. FAAN said the new regime of N2,000 from N1,000 and $100 from the initial $50 per passenger would commence on August 1, 2020. With the implementation, air travellers […]
