Outrage grows as stakeholders raise airport security, safety concerns over picketing of Air Peace
By Dickson Omobola The decision of aviation unions to picket Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace, Tuesday, has elicited sharp criticism from stakeholders in the country’s air transport sector, with many saying the action constituted serious safety and security concerns. From the early hours of Tuesday until about noon, members of the National Union of Air […]
How we’re repositioning airports as economic hubs — Agbebire
By Dickson Omobola Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr Henry Agbebire, in this interview, speaks about the vision, progress and discipline driving the agency’s renewed transformation agenda. Agbebire also identifies the challenges confronting the reform process and the measures being implemented to sustain improvements across […]
When birds strike planes
Since the beginning of this year, no fewer than 10 bird strikes have been recorded by Nigerian airlines, thereby leading to operational disruptions and financial losses.
Stakeholders divided over Airbus maintenance hangar project
Mixed reactions have trailed Tinubu’s announcement that Airbus has proposed establishing a maintenance hangar facility in Nigeria
EBOLA: Airlines warned against transporting suspected cases
Stakeholders in the air transport sector have urged airline operators to avoid transporting individuals suspected of showing symptoms associated with Ebola
NCAA issues Ebola protocol for airlines, airport operators
By Dickson Omobola Following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has directed airlines and airport operators to deepen public health surveillance measures. NCAA stated that while no confirmed case linked to the outbreak has been recorded in Nigeria, it […]
