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Helicopter crash: ART expresses concerns over VP’s security, Nigerian pilots’ plight…
The Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ART), a non-governmental organisation, has expressed concerns over the safety and security of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, saying recent mishap…
Lagos airport records 400% increase of drugs impounded by NDLEA in 2018
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded a total of 5,377.125 kilograms of drugs impounded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, in 2018,…
Airfreight demand ends year up 3.5%, despite softening late 2018
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released full-year 2018 data for global airfreight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) grew by 3.5…
Nigeria’s economic revival in 2018 impacted air passenger traffic – Colleau
Michel Colleau is the general manager, AirFrance KLM Nigeria and Ghana. In this interview with Ifeoma Okeke, during the airline’s customer appreciation night, Colleau speaks on the company’s…
Dana Air reaffirms commitment to capacity building
Dana Air has pledged to continue supporting capacity building initiatives and professionalism in Nigeria’s aviation industry.
The airline made this known when the winner and organisers of…
NAMA acquires new spare parts to boost TRACON operation
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)has taken delivery of another consignment of critical spare parts required for the continuous service and operation of the Total Radar Coverage of…
With Kotoka airport, Ghana again points the way to Nigeria
With the opening of the newly-constructed Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Nigeria’s West African neighbour has once again given a badly-needed lesson to…
Business booms for domestic airlines as AirFrance, Ethiopian suspend PH, Kaduna…
Domestic airlines operating in Nigeria are currently experiencing more patronage on local routes as a result of the suspension of flight operations by some foreign carriers on some selected…
New airport terminals are changing Nigeria’s travel narrative
When her Cronos flight landed in the newly rebuilt, Port Harcourt International Airport, a Ghanaian passenger was the last to get off the plane. Even then, she had to be persuaded.
Long…
TSA commences assessment of Lagos airport
A three-man United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) team has commenced a routine assessment of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja.
In a statement sent…