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Says occupants were duly notified of impending demolition The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN) has reacted to the demolition of 13 houses it said was posing hazards to the operations of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport( MMIA), Lagos stating that the erected structures were on designated ‘Red Zones’ compromising airport operation safety as well as those of occupants. …

An aggrieved passenger, Oghenemini Oyibo Great was on Friday arrested by a joint team of security personnel and brought to Crime Intelligence and Investigation Unit (CIIU) and banned from flying through the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja the after he forced the boarding gate door at Module D and damaged the lock at the terminal. The passenger intending on flying from …

Says parties have not taken security into consideration Failure to address N150bn staff arrears Arbitrary 60:40 profit sharing ratio in favour of concessionaire  Aviation unions, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP- FAAN BRANCH) have filed a suit seeking …

A late amendment to an already issued Notice to Airmen ( NOTAM) on the closure and rehabilitation of Runway 18R/36L may have just destabilized flight coming into the Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed Airport and may have to be diverted because of the mix-up of the closure. The NOTAM was amended after re-issuance by three hours and operators feel a …

DIRECTOR General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu has weighed in on the theft of critical component in Arik Air’s aircraft stating that in his opinion, it was not a vandalization as whoever removed the parts had access, knew what they were after and removed professionally without damaging anything else. This is just as he has …

THE battle to restore sanity at the nation’s airports is gradually intensifying as the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) apprehended and has suspended some of its officials caught extorting a passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.     The airport managers who revealed that these staff are Aviation Security and Customer’s Service as well as the Nigeria …

PORT HARCOURT, Enugu and Kano Airports will undergo initial certification just as the Murtala Muhammed International  Airport Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja will embark on recertification according to the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu. Nuhu also says the process is highly cost- intensive for the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) …

FAAN switches service provider to RESA THE reported downtime in the check-in system of airports in Nigeria particularly the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja may be as a result of the expiration of a ten year deal between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Societe International Telecommunication Aeronautiques (SITA). …

The argument in defense of the refusal to  inaugurate a Board  from some stakeholders have always been that it was done in the past and was not a new thing but truth be told; that is the most lame excuse for the current state of illegality anyone can come up with, and at some point, said illegality should be eschewed and not turned into the norm.

FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in a bid to close some of its infrastructural gap has asked to discontinue its 25% contributions to the federation account arguing that one way to ensure development is that revenue generated from the Sector be ploughed back. Managing director of the agency Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu who made the appeal yesterday when the …