The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it has received an alert from the ministry of aviation over planned attacks on airports across the country. This was contained in a memo signed by S.M. Mamman, FAAN deputy general manager of administration and logistics, and addressed to airport chiefs of security. According to the document […]
African airlines’ traffic shrunk by 68 per cent in February year-on-year, according to a latest by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The development was a setback compared to a 66.1 per cent decline recorded in January 2021, far less than that of January 2019. The February capacity of the airlines also contracted by 54.6 […]
The Federal Government has reopened the Mallam Aminu Kano international airport for commercial flights. The airport was shutdown in March 2020 as part of efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19. It was closed down alongside Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu; and the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa. In a tweet on Tuesday, the Federal […]
Global travel and tourism sector has recorded an excess of $4.5 trillion revenue loss for Year 2020, which translates to about 50 per cent decline of its yearly turnover. The Economic Impact Report (EIR) of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) for 2020, released recently, linked the loss to the devastating impact of COVID-19. […]
Following the recent cases of flight delays and cancellation, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) said the hazy weather will lessen and flight operations will normalise from today, April 1, 2021. In a statement by NiMet's general manager, public relations, Muntari Yusuf Ibrahim, the agency said, "The present dust haze being experienced across the north and […]
Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday, threatened to expose those it believed are sabotaging the e-Call-Up system by the management of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to tackle the perennial and chaotic gridlock bedeviling the Apapa-Oshodi expressway. This came as angry commuters, who are groaning over the worsening gridlock on the ever-busy expressway, urged the […]
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has said that in order to recover its huge debts from Arik Air, it injected over N375 billion in the airline and established another carrier, NG Eagle, which in the future would run along with Arik Air. AMCON stated that it sustained Arik Air operations since it took […]
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has stated that Nigerians can now be issued international passport in 24 hours. Speaking at the launching of a new automated fast passport processing centre at the Maitama Passport Express Centre (MPEC) in Abuja yesterday, Aregbesola said it was the vision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Nigeria […]
Operators in the aviation industry have expressed displeasure over the manner in which the disbursement of the N27 billion Covid-19 intervention fund earmarked for the aviation sector was carried out. The N27 billion bailout palliative was introduced by the Federal Government last year to cushion the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown and restriction in air travel […]
A certification team from Nigeria's aviation regulatory authorities is expected to visit the airport soon. Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has said that the state-owned airport is ready for commercial flight operations. Mr Diri stated this on Wednesday when he made an unscheduled visit to the facility ahead of a final certification visitation by the country's […]
