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Pitch-Dark Lagos Airport!

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Arriving in the country at night through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, gives you a false sense of illumination everywhere around the Lagos airport. Driving from the international wing of Lagos to Oshodi equally gives a first-time traveler a false sense of electricity everywhere around the airport. The newly built expressway from the airport to the Charity Bus stop in Oshodi is a beauty to behold. The stretch of that road is not only…

Bi-Courtney Seeks Multi-Billion Naira Investments In Airports

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Chairman, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), has expressed his desire to be part of the planned concession of Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, and Kano airports under the concession agenda of the Federal Government. According to him, his passion for infrastructure development informed his desire. Babalakin who said this at a press conference in Lagos on Friday said because of the impressive work done by his company on the Murtala Muhammed Airport…

Delta excited as international travel to the U.S. resumes, adds more flights

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Effective Nov. 8, vaccinated international travelers who want to come to the U.S. can now do so, following the Biden Administration’s announcement that it will lift travel restrictions on foreign nationals that have been in place since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening of international travel will allow for the reunification of thousands of families and friends from around the world who have been separated for more than 18 months, just in time…

Three nations approach BASL to build terminals, eyes more concessions

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Wole Shadare

To underscore its reputation for building the first private airport terminal in Nigeria, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), the operators of the ultra-modern Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2) has been approached by three African countries to build to help them in the provision of the airport terminal in their countries. Chairman, BASL, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN) made the disclosure today at a press briefing at the firm’s regional operations section at the Lagos airport. Although…

Kenya Airways develops Pan-African approach, expands frontiers

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Wole Shadare

The airline sector has been one of the most vulnerable to both the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the various lock-down restrictions put in place to counter it. Passenger numbers and revenues plummeted, with some airlines forced to mothball their entire operations. Africa’s biggest carriers have responded in very different ways and there is a growing feeling that the crisis has speeded up ongoing developments in the industry, with struggling airlines forced…

Outrage as Senate directs NCAA to halt NG Eagle certificate processes

Posted on October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Experts chide lawmakers, warn of consequences Amid public outcry over threat to undermine the independence of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) by the House of Representatives by directing the aviation regulatory body to withhold the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) of NG Eagle, the Senate has equally mandated the NCAA to suspend the issuance of AOC to the soon-to-be-airline over protracted labor-related issues with Ari Air workers. The Senate Committee on Aviation on…

United Plans Largest Historic Transatlantic Expansion

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Wole Shadare

To add flights to Berlin, Amman, Jordan; Azores, Portugal; Bergen, Norway, others United today announced the largest transatlantic expansion in its history, including ten new flights and five new, vogue destinations – Amman, Jordan; Bergen, Norway; Azores, Portugal; Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands. All of the new routes – which are set to begin in Spring 2022 – are not served by any other North American carrier. Additionally, next year, United will add new…

NAHCO gives support as Ethiopian resumes flight to Enugu, fetes stakeholders

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Nigeria’s foremost ground handling company, the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, NAHCO Plc, at the weekend, held a stakeholder dinner commemorating the resumption of Ethiopian Airlines to Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu. The flight was initially scheduled for October 1, 2021, but rescheduled due to some domestic environmental challenges. The flight resumption by Ethiopian airlines at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu on October 9, 2021, was heralded with fanfare and fulfillment of…

Nigeria, Africa reject vaccine passports

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Wole Shadare

Say proposal against Chicago Convention African Ministers of Aviation have described the much-touted proposal to impose vaccine passports for air travelers as unacceptable as it is tantamount to discrimination against certain groups of the population, especially on the African continent which still has a considerable number of its citizens who are yet to receive the vaccines. They also described the proposal as going against the intent of the Chicago Convention on the need to preserve…

Intrigues, power-play may scuttle national airline project

Posted on October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 by Wole Shadare

NUATE’s allegations spurious-Minister Arik in N300b debt, assets worth only N150b AOC denial to NG Eagle I’ll shut out 20, 000 jobs An alleged conflict of interest between the Ministry of Aviation and the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) over the floating of NG Eagle may truncate the setting up of a national carrier promised Nigerians by President Muhammadu Buhari administration as the clock is fast ticking on the project. While AMCON…

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