FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has commenced recurrent training of fifty six (56) Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Services (ARFFS) personnel at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport The training exercise scheduled to last three weeks would take place in two batches of 19 fire officers (38 ARFFS) each and one batch of 18 fire officers and commenced on Monday …
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FAAN mulls opening new Lagos, Kano, Enugu int’l terminals by January 20
Reviewing plans to link international and domestic terminals in Lagos As GAT passenger traffic hit 551,380 in six months MANAGING Director Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu has declared that all remaining three Chinese-Nigeria funded terminals in Lagos, Kano and Enugu will be delivered and commissioned before the 20th of January 2020. He made this known …
Read More »Senator Adede, Chief Onyema seek legislation for easy access to land for aviation development
INVESTORS in the aviation sub sector are seeking easier access to land for aviation-related investments and have asked the House of Representatives to enact laws that would provide for an enabling environment for investment. This is just as Chuks Izuogor, a representative of some airlines has sought the intervention of the House to redraft Clause 28 of the Bill of …
Read More »Airport Concession: Former FAAN MDs, Directors tell Reps Nigeria risks invocation of Mezzanine Clause
A group of former Managing Directors and Directors of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) have identified the Mezzanine Clause in all Chinese sponsored infrastructures stating that any contravention of Agreement with China on the $500m loan for the construction of the new terminal building may lead to the invocation of the clause. The Mezzanine clause in all Chinese sponsored …
Read More »Aviation Public Hearing: The good, bad and the intriguing
TO say the three day public hearing on the amendment of six (6) executive bills of aviation agencies hosted by the Senate Committee on Aviation is anything short of interesting would be the understatement of all time. Views and counter views with divergent ideas filled the air as law makers, the regulator, investors and stakeholders gathered to amend Acts establishing …
Read More »FAAN corrects AON’s impression; says airport charges are not nebulous
Passenger Service Charge was not unilaterally increased as implied by AON- Yadudu MANAGING Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu has said that its charges to airlines and other investors are in no way nebulous and that the agency has always been open to investors, airline operators about this This is just as he …
Read More »FAAN and VIP recklessness despite existential threat
EVENTS of the last few weeks have in no small way diminished whatever illusion any right thinking Nigerian has that a vast majority of its public office holders, including the politicians, are prone to abuse of power once they get into office, including flout laws meant to safeguard the general citizenry. The happenings at the nation’s airports, after reopening of …
Read More »Quiet storm brews as FAAN announces PSC increment to N2000, $100 August 1
The FAAN boss went further to state that the cap on the value of PSC is simply outdated as the last review of PSC on domestic routes from N350 to N1000 and US$35 to US$50 dollars on the international route was on May 1, 2022 and March 21, 2011 respectively, all seven (7) years ago.
Read More »FAAN, Munich Airport share experiences, assess airports’ readiness for gradual reopening
FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has revised reopening strategies best suited to Nigerian airports with Munich Airport International sharing experiences and looking at areas of strength following the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is following the fact that Munich airport has successfully reopened its airport and has recommenced domestic and international flights, an experience worth sharing according …
Read More »FAAN disinfects NAIA International terminal to aid fight against COVID-19
FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) today spent at least three (3) hours disinfecting the international terminal of the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport as part of efforts to mitigate the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 Virus This is just as the airport managers are currently disinfecting the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) with plans to carry out similar exercise at the domestic …
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