Aviation

Commissions phase one protocol lounge Justifies N1.2 billion fire trucks cost     The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika Monday said the ongoing re-organisation in many of the aviation agencies would continue. He denied that the exercise was shrouded in secrecy, maintaining that President Muhammadu Buhari gave his approval to the shake-up. He stated this yesterday while commissioning phase one of the expansion project at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT), against the backdrop of recent…

Joy Ogbebo popularly known as MamaJ has opened up on reasons she embarked on online television, saying it was a vision that she had nursed for three years. Speaking on the launch of her project, Mamaj Aviation Television, Ogbebo stated that over time, it’s been observed that most media misrepresentations, conflict, and issues between customers and service providers in the Aviation and Tourism industries were largely due to a lack of knowledge and the right…

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has successfully conducted the site acceptance test for its newly installed surface movement radar and ground control systems in Abuja and Lagos airports to enable air traffic controllers to monitor aircraft and vehicular movement during low visibility or night time. Speaking while conducting the site acceptance test of the radar equipment in Abuja, the Acting Managing Director of NAMA, Matthew Lawrence Pwajok stated that in furtherance to its quest…

Says carriers, aviation industry suffering     Former Senior Special Adviser to the President on Aviation, Capt Shehu Iyal has expressed concern over the challenges the country’s airlines are currently faced with, noting that there is no airline in Nigeria today that can boast of making a profit in any circumstance. He noted that many of the carriers are at the mercy of so many variables that have hindered their progress. Chief among the issues…

It is an irony of some sort that while Nigeria is the largest producer of many Agro-products, it loses $1bn annually to non-certification of Agric produce for export according to the coordinator of Aviacargo Roadmap Committee, Mr. Ikechi Uko. Uko in his presentation entitled, “Repositioning cargo operations through the development of agriculture and natural resources in Nigeria”, at the ongoing FAAN National Aviation Conference (FNAC) in Abuja disclosed that in 2021, the five biggest African…

 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS) are partnering to streamline the processes required for getting produce certified. Recently, The report presented by the technical committee set up by the Federal Government to prevent the rejection of agro-exports from Nigeria listed food safety, technical barriers, non-adherence to best practices and disregard for basic requirements as major concerns largely responsible for the rejection of Nigeria’s agro-exports abroad….

Stakeholders in Africa’s aviation are of the view that the continent’s air transport system is growing and have overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. They noted that while the headwinds arising from other geopolitical-related developments, it is critical for the air transport ecosystem stakeholders put their weight behind concerted actions for the air transport business to thrive and contribute to the continent’s sustainable rapid development. To them, it is timely to redefine the narrative of Africa’s air transport…

House of Representatives Committee on Aviation led by Nnolim Nnaji has established that the houses being demolished by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria,  (FAAN) in Runview  Ajao Estate in Lagos were indeed within the red zone. The Committee which held a public hearing on the demolition exercise on May 3rd, 2023 resolved to send a fact-finding team headed by Ifeanyi Chudi Momah to visit the site last week Friday. Momah who was conducted along…

Sector lost over N25b to industrial action in five years, latest strike primitive-FAAN MD Why we removed structures on land-Yadudu     The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt Rabiu Yadudu said the agency and some others have written to the Minister of Aviation on the need for government to actively protect aviation from the actions of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), adding that airports are not avenues for people…

Delivers 127 aircraft in Q1 2023  Order backlog rises to 7, 254 airplanes   Aircraft maker, Airbus reported consolidated financial results for its First Quarter (Q1) ending 31 March 2023. Airbus Chief Executive Officer, Guillaume Faury said the first quarter confirmed strong demand for their products, particularly for commercial aircraft, stressing that they have delivered 127 commercial aircraft, which is reflected in the Q1 financials. According to the Airbus chief, “The quarter also benefited from…