In 2015, based on passenger traffic, Atlanta Hartfield-Jackson International Airport in Georgia, USA was the number 1 ranked busiest airport in the world. This hub for US carrier, Delta, handled 101.5 million passengers last year, compared to number 2 ranked Beijing Capital International Airport Chaoyang-Shunyi, in Beijing, China, which saw 89.9 million passengers pass through […]
Lagos — Commuters plying the Mile 12 road are presently groaning due to the gridlock witnessed on the road in the last two weeks. The gridlock is reportedly caused by the construction works, including barricades, going on in the area. A commuter who regularly plies the road, Mrs Kemi Lawal, said that she almost received […]
Traffic in Nigeria can be a struggle, with tailgaters, speeding and inevitable work-delaying traffic jams, commutes can quickly become an acute stress. In a country ranked as Africa’s most populous region, it is no surprise that traffic in Nigeria is a budding issue for its citizens. A trip to the local grocery store – that […]
CONCERNED about the plight of commuters on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the Ogun State Government has embarked on palliative work on bad portions of the expressway. Speaking during an inspection tour of the ongoing palliative work being carried out by the Ogun State Ministry of Works on the federal road yesterday, Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Friday predicted that airlines operating in Nigeria and other African countries would continue to experience weak growth in international passengers' traffic. This is contained in IATA global passenger traffic results for August issued by its Director-General, Mr Tony Tyler. "Adverse economic developments in parts of the continent, including […]
If you have been in a traffic jam in any Nigerian city, or Go Slow as Lagosians call it, you will have seen them. And if you have seen one of them gridlocks you have seen them all. I don't mean the traffic snarls; I mean the army of young men and women for whom […]
The Nigerian airspace has witnessed an increased traffic compared to its 2014 statistics, as a total of 11,190 aircraft have passed through the country’s airspace between January and April this year (2015), indicating a growth from 10,291 the same period in 2014. It was gathered that the increase in over-flyers was related to a number […]
The International Air Transport Association, IATA , has revealed hat global passenger traffic results in June year-to-year showed a 5.7 per cent leap in demand compared to June 2014. However, IATA stated that Africa recorded a two per cent drop in the review period, due to negative economic developments in parts of the continent including […]
The consistent traffic gridlock on Lagos roads has been discovered to be a major setback for businesses in the country’s commercial hub. According to economic experts the business community in Lagos loses not less than N11 billion monthly as a result of daily traffic gridlock in the city. According to an economist, Wole Sowunmi, research […]
