Ethiopian Airlines’ Airbus 350 plane was the first aircraft to land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja after the airport opened for use 24 hours ahead of schedule. The plane touched down at the airport at 12.10p.m. to mark the reopening of the facility after repair works were carried out on its ‘ dilapidated’ runway for six weeks. Domestic […]
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ABUJA AIRPORT READY FOR USE – NCAA
The Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Usman Muktar, says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway is ready for operation and can be opened on Wednesday. Muktar stated this while speaking with newsmen during an inspection of the airport’s runway on Monday in Abuja. The Abuja airport was closed on March 8 for six weeks to enable rehabilitation […]
Continue reading »POLICE SUMMONS FAAN BOSS OVER HQ FIRE
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, is to appear before a police team investigating the Tuesday fire that gutted some offices at the FAAN headquarters in Lagos. Dunoma made the disclosure while briefing newsmen after inspecting the damage caused by the fire which affected some offices at the headquarters earlier in the day. […]
Continue reading »FIRE ENGULFS FAAN HEADQUARTERS, NORMAL SERVICE ON
Workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were nearly asphyxiated this morning when thick smoke emanating from serious fire from one part of the headquarters of the agency engulfed the whole offices and forced the workers to scamper for safety. When called, one of the officers from Public Affairs Department he responded, “Please I can’t talk now. This […]
Continue reading »GERMAN NATIONAL DIES AFTER SLUMPING AT LAGOS AIRPORT
A German national, Mr Brenard Christo, who slumped on Friday at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, has died at an undisclosed hospital. The spokesman for the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, confirmed the death of the German to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Alabi said the deceased was waiting to […]
Continue reading »ABUJA AIRPORT TO BE COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE – OSINBAJO
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday gave the assurance that the rehabilitation work at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja would be completed on schedule. During an inspection of the progress of work at the Airport, Osinbajo said he was happy with the pace and quality of work done, adding that it is already at 80 per cent completion. The […]
Continue reading »AVIATION UNIONS SHUT DOWN ARIK OPERATIONS
Labour unions in the aviation sector on Thursday shut down Arik Air operations, vowing to continue the action until the airline agreed to implement the agreement reached by the two parties in December. The unions involved in the action are National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Association of Aircraft Pilots […]
Continue reading »16,000 PASSENGERS FLY THROUGH KADUNA AIRPORT IN FIVE DAYS – FAAN
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN said no fewer than 16,000 passengers were transported through the Kaduna International Airport, KIA, within the first five days of its replacing the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, NAIA. Ibrahim Bwala, Head, Corporate Affairs of FAAN at the Kaduna International Airport, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Kaduna. This […]
Continue reading »150 TAXIS TO OPERATE SHUTTLE SERVICES AT KADUNA AIRPORT
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Tuesday said it had licensed 150 taxis to operate shuttle services from the Kaduna International Airport beginning from Wednesday. Mrs Amina Ozi-Salami, the Airport Manager said in Kaduna that Airport Taxis Company would deploy 100 cabs while the Kaduna Taxi Services Company would provide 50. She said that the taxi cabs were […]
Continue reading »FED GOVT APPROVES TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ABUJA AIRPORT FOR RUNWAY REHABILITATION
The Federal Government has approved the temporary closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, with effect from the midnight of March 7. This is to enable the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to carry out a major rehabilitation of the runway at the airport. The Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, said in a statement on Thursday in Lagos […]
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