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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday February 6, 2023 ordered that the planned concession of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and cargo terminals be stopped pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by Sifax Group of Companies Limited challenging the bidding process. The matter has been adjourned to March 29, 2023. Sifax had filed a …

Kwara State Commissioner of Education, Dr Afeez Alabi has described aviation as a capital intensive venture that ordinarily should boost the nation’s economy but is being held back by the myriad of challenges it faces. The commissioner made this known at the opening ceremony of the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) Training programme holding at International Aviation College …

Airline Operators of Nigeria ( AON) has said the Single African Air Transport Market( SAATM) is a good thing that would benefit Nigeria and Africa as a whole in terms of connectivity and improving tourism, if and only if it is sincerely done. The AON made this known while airing their views on the Single African Air Transport Market( SAATM) …

Acting Managing director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Mr. Matthew Lawrence Pwajok has said the agency does not intend to decommission the Instrument Landing Systems(ILS) as it plans to deploy the Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) side by side as an upgraded redundancy. This is just as he has said it would favour airlines and not cost them …

Industry think-tank group, Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative ( ASRTI) has rated the aviation industry between 2015-2023 below par using campaign promises as key performance indicators ( KPI) to judge the system in that period. The apolitical aviation-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) equally said now was a fitting time to address the sectors challenges beyond the 2023 elections having reeled out …

Acting Managing director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA),Mr. Matthew Lawrence Pwajok has said the implementation and workability of the Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) can be an enabling instrument for the Single African Air Transport Market ( SAATM) to effectively commence. He made this known at the sidelines before the SBAS demonstration flight which tested signals provided by …

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency ( NAMA) today successfully demonstrated capacity to transition into from a terrestrial based navigation system to a satellite based system through the Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) through Nigeria’s NIGCOMSAT-1R Communication Satellite. The SBAS demonstration flight using NAMA’s King 350i with ANGA Signal-in-Space ( SIS) provided via NIGCOMSAT-1R Communication Satellite which took place today at …

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has commissioned the first of many Front Desk Offices in Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos stressing that because of the number of applicants in the state, it needs no less than fourteen (14) more in the state. According to statistics revealed by the minister, of the 200,000 applications on the Nigeria Immigration Service …

Managing director of ValueJet, Capt Dapo Majekodunmi has said if the airline is to go international it will be by code sharing  with airlines in the African region to give it a better reach. This is just as he has given an insight as to why the airline chose the CRJ brand for its operations insisting it’s fuel efficiency and …

The Federal Government says it would invoke the section of the Civil Aviation Act (2022), disallowing employees from embarking on flight-crippling strikes in the future describing Monday’s action as ‘wrong, inhumane and against the law’ Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika who made this vow on Wednesday while responding to questions from State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, apologised to …