To the dismay of air travellers, the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) barricaded the “Terminal 2” building at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Tuesday. As a result of the association’s action, flights were grounded and passengers were stranded. The union blocked the entrance to the terminal building to protest Read More…
To accommodate the additional airports being built throughout the nation, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has expanded the number of satellite ground base stations from eight to fourteen. On Sunday, Mr. Matthew Pwajok, the acting managing director of NAMA, informed newsmen of this. He mentioned that there used to be just eight satellite stations Read More…
Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, handed the proposed Lekki-Epe International Airport’s official Letter of Approval to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday. At the 9th Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit, which was held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Sirika delivered the letter to the governor on behalf of the Federal Government. Read More…
Nigeria is considering the purchase of China’s newly-certified C919 passenger jet as it projects to grow its new national air carrier Nigeria Air to 30 planes by around 2025, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said on Saturday. Sirika said the new airline would have a mixture of Airbus and Boeing planes, but added the carrier is Read More…
Fresh indications have emerged that the Federal Government is yet to release over 50 per cent or $265 million in foreign exchange for foreign airlines operating in the country to repatriate to their countries. Foreign airlines collect Naira for their tickets to customers and exchange same for foreign currencies for their operations. But recently they Read More…
Unions in the Nigerian aviation industry have claimed the import of strange clauses in the aviation agencies’ bills presently before President Muhammadu Buhari for approval. The unions have threatened to make a peaceful protest on Monday, September 12, 2022 to ensure the removal of the clauses they claimed were not part of the original bills Read More…
The operators of the Murtala Muhammed domestic terminal two (MMA2), Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), on Monday cleared the air on the stowaway found inside an aircraft at the airport on Sunday. The stowaway was found inside a United Nigeria Airlines plane during a pre-flight check and was subsequently arrested by Aviation security personnel. BASL Read More…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, released the sum of $265 million to airlines operating in the country, to settle outstanding ticket sales in a bid to avoid brewing catastrophe in the country’s aviation sector. A breakdown of the figure indicates that the sum of $230 million was released as a special FX intervention Read More…
The Federal Government has assured of adequate maintenance of the just-completed Terminal 2 of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. During the inspection of the terminal and its ultra-modern facilities on Monday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made this reassurance. Lai Mohammed in his statement said, “I can assure you that Read More…
Dubai’s Emirates will suspend flights to Nigeria from next month over an inability to repatriate funds from Africa’s most populous nation, the airline said on Thursday. The decision highlights the difficulties faced by international carriers that fly to Nigeria, which is one of the biggest markets in Africa for several of them. The country has Read More…
