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We received ₦7.7bn COVID-19 intervention fund – FAAN MD

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Managing Director, of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Olubunmi Kuku on Thursday said the authority got ₦7.7 billion as a COVID-19 intervention fund. She made this known at a public hearing on COVID-19 funds, organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts in Abuja. The managing director said that 2020 was particularly challenging for the authority owing to the advent of the coronavirus. She recalled that on March 11, 2020,…

IATA: Air travel recovers fully, to surpass 2019 pre-Covid figure

Posted on January 10, 2024January 10, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Historic 4.7 billion people expected to travel in 2024 As predicted, international and domestic air travel have rebounded to pre-2019 COVID as air travel is closer to surpassing the 2019 figure according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The implication is that air travel has fully recovered with more people expected to take to air travel this year than ever for. IATA, in a data released for November 2023 air travel performance…