NAMA boss in Senate, assures air travellers of safety

Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Mr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam,  on Wednesday assured air travel passengers of adequate safety as necessary facilities had been put in place to forestall plane crashes in the country. The NAMA boss appeared before the senate ad-hoc committee on Aviation,  to explain efforts being made by his agency […]

Med-View Begins Flight On London - Lagos Route Nov. 20

Medview Airline will on November 20 flag off flight on the Lagos-London route. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole said the United Kingdom and Nigerian civil aviation authorities and their foreign affairs ministries had given the airline all approvals required to operate direct flight between the two countries. Unlike […]

Nigerian Airlines Spend over N250bn Annually on Overseas Aircraft Maintenance

Commercial airlines, charter operators and privately owned jets spend about N250 billion annually on aircraft maintenance and simulator training of pilots, THISDAY investigation has revealed. Airlines, according the checks, pay a minimum of $500, 000 for engine overhaul and about the same amount of money for C-Check maintenance on a Boeing 737 aircraft. It was […]

NAMA Begins Pilot Test for Data Communication System

In preparation for the full implementation date of November 12, 2015, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has begun test running Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract/ Controller Pilot Data Link Communication   (ADS-C/ CPDLC) from the Kano Area Control Centre (ACC) at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The Agency said the running of the Kano pilot data […]

Faan clashes with vendors at mma1 seizes newspaper copies

Authorities of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal 1 (MMA1), on Wednesday, raided newspaper vendors and impounded copies of national dailies. The incident, The Guardian learnt, was alleged to be measures to rid the terminal of illegal and unregistered businesses, and as a security measure against infiltration of […]

Anguish as potholes cause gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Emergency patients being conveyed in two ambulances were stuck in traffic between Warewa and Arepo end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. PUNCH Metro observed that the ambulances taking the patients could not move, as the road was blocked. Our correspondent observed a nurse, who had become desperate, waving a blue flag to appeal for […]

See 114 Roads That'll Cost Lagos N19 Billion

Poised to fulfill one of his campaign promises of investing massively in the construction of rural roads, the Lagos State Government has announced invitation for bids for the construction of 114 roads across the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas in the State. Recall that last Monday, while speaking at the Lagos […]

FAAN to Construct Second Runway at Abuja Airport

The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Engr. Saleh Dunoma, has assured of the provision of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos at the weekend, he said due to the increase in passenger and airline movement at the airport, a second runway would prevent […]

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