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MURTALA Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), has won the award of the Most COVID-19 Compliant Terminal instituted by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents’ (LAAC) The presentation took place during the 25th edition of LAAC Annual Conference & Awards held at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos on Wednesday, 28th July,2021. The award, which …

NIGERIAN aviation journalists have honoured Ethiopian, the only non Nigerian Award winner at the 25th Annual League of Airport and Aviation Correspondence (LAAC) Conference held on 28 July 2021 at the Lagos Sheraton Hotel. The other winners include Air Peace as the Most humanitarian Airline for the evacuations done during Covid19 lockdown. The MMA2 Domestic Terminal was recognized as the …

FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the just concluded League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) 25th Conference with theme: Aviation in Nigeria: Management, Policy and Regulation bagged the Prestigious Lateef Lawal Award for Airport Manager of the Year. Lateef Lawal was an Aviation Correspondent and founding member of the League whose exploits span over 40 years, he passed …

NIGERIAN Meteorological Agency, NiMet has forecast that places like Edo, Delta and Enugu could experience an extension of the Little Dry Season effect. The Little Dry Season (LDS), or commonly referred to as August Break, is a period of little or no rainfall activities common to areas with well-defined bimodal rainfall regime such as the southwestern region of Nigeria, usually …

SOCIÉTÉ Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques (SITA), the global IT provider for the air transport industry, has announced the acquisition of Safety Line S.A.S., the Paris based start-up specializing in digital solutions for aviation safety and efficiency. This acquisition will strengthen SITA’s Digital Day of Operations portfolio, helping airlines drive more efficiencies and fuel savings around the aircraft while taking immediate …

THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has assured all airport users that the nation’s airports are fully ready to play host to air travellers during and after this year’s Eid-El-Kabir, as Muslim faithfuls prepare for Salah. FAAN in a statement signed by Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu stated that, “to ensure safe, healthy and seamless facilitation of our highly esteemed passengers …

NIGERIA Immigration Service (NIS) today issued a statement on a fraudulent recruitment process ongoing into the service warning Nigerians to steer clear of such enrollment where applicants are required to visit the fake website. A statement made available by the Service Public Relations Officer, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Amos Okpu (mnipr) for the Comptroller General of Immigration said the Service …

INTERNATIONAL Partners for Aviation Development, Innovation and Sustainability (iPADIS) and the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that establishes a framework for mutual cooperation on the future sustainable development of civil aviation in Latin America. “This timely agreement reflects our shared objective of ensuring the continued contribution of air transport to economic growth …

PROMINENT aviation trainer and Chairman of West-Link Airlines, Capt. Ibrahim Mshelia (MRAeS) will chair the 25th League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) Conference scheduled to hold on the 28th of July, 2021 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. This is just as the Chairman/CEO of Air Peace, Barrister Allen Onyema, the Managing Director of Medview Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole and …

Offers complimentary one-way ticket to affected passengers IBOM Air today apologized to its customers on the Lagos –Abuja route for a long delay which it explained was due to an unscheduled maintenance and has promised to make it up to passengers with a complimentary one way ticket. The airline in its apology  promised that it would operate all it Lagos-Abuja …