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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has inaugurated its Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU). The eleven man committee which was sworn in on Thursday last week at an event in Lagos were charged to ensure the domestication of the key tenets of ICPC, which are transparency, accountability and good ethical practices at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.  The Authority’s director of Commercial and Business Development, Alhaji Sadiku Abdulkadir Rafindadi, who represented the MD/CEO at…

*FG to domesticate training course, cuts capital flight Nine Inspectors of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have qualified and duly certified as International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Instructors. A statement from NCAA, signed by its General Manager, Media, Sam Adurogboye said all the officers attained this  qualification after the successful completion of the ICAO TRAINAIR PLUS Training Instructors Course (TIC). He stated that with this development, the Federal Government has saved huge capital flight…

*The gainers, the losers, questions over N174bn airport remodelling   The time is here. Airlines are putting preparations in top gear to relocate their activities to Kaduna airport as repair works are expected to begin at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday March 8, 2017. While many of the popular European airlines like British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France-KLM and others have indicated that they are not ready to operate to Kaduna because of…

The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) has thrown its weight behind what it termed quick intervention of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in Nigeria’s troubled flag carrier airline, Arik from total collapse. Speaking on the side-line of announcement on its forth coming 41st non elective Annual General Meeting, AGM to be held in Sheraton Hotels, Lagos on March 21, 2017, NANTA President, Bankole Bernard said the damage the new management of the…

  *Financial model earns it 21 awards   Turkish Airlines has crowned its success with 21 international finance awards in the past 10 years for raising $12 billion with three new awards for its successful aircraft financing models. The three new awards won at Bonds & Loans Awards Night and which brought the number of awards on its financial models to 21 include “Transport Finance Deal of the Year”, “Trade and Export Finance Deal of…

*Calls for tax reduction in aviation   The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the clearing house for over 265 global airlines has called for tax reduction in aviation.   The Director-General of IATA, Alexandre de Juniac wondered that in a country as big, beautiful and full of opportunity as the US, “why have a taxation policy that discourages travel? Aviation is the business of freedom and we must continue to work together to make it…

*Aerodrome closes midnight of March 7, 2017   The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified all airline operators, passengers, airport users and the general public that the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the temporary closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to enable the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria carry out a major rehabilitation of the runway at the airport.   According to the Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, the closure,…