Tempers flared yesterday morning at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, as Medview Airline "suddenly" cancelled a scheduled flight to London. The passengers, in their numbers, frowned on the "unfriendly conduct" of the operator, alleging that they were not carried along. But for the intervention of men of the Nigerian Police, the chaos that […]
The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to direct an immediate rehabilitation of the road leading to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. The House said a contract for the complete reconstruction of the road into an 8-lane dual carriageway with 2.75 meter shoulders, pedestrian walkways, landscaping and planting of ornament plants along […]
A Medview Airline aircraft en route to Abuja on Thursday morning returned to the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, some minutes after take-off. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the aircraft developed a pressurization problem which affected the cooling system while flying at about 8,000 feet. The source said there was […]
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 […]
Globally, the issue of consumer protection regulation in the aviation industry has not been properly addressed, as there are different approaches by individual countries and airlines of the world, without international standards. However, world aviation body has disclosed plans to take a new approach to regulate the consumer protection system, stressing that before now, the […]
The Consumer Protection Department (CPD) is a division of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). It was launched in March 2001, to ensure that all aviation consumers obtain the best services in air transportation. Its main mission is to serve as the eagle eye of the industry by being responsible for informing, educating and protecting […]