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THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has set up a task force to screen operations in a bid to curb illegal activities and eliminate touting at the Hajj and Cargo Terminal area of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos. According to the airports authority, commercial activities at the terminal is now restricted to 12 hours (7am-7pm) from the initial …

STAR ALLIANCE members, Ethiopian Airlines and Singapore Airlines will expand their codeshare agreement as of 1 June 2017, offering customers travelling between Africa and Asia seamless connectivity options. Ethiopian Airlines’ daily non-stop services to Singapore from Addis Ababa, due to be launched in June 2017, will be covered by the expanded codeshare agreement.

DELTA Air Lines has reported financial results for the March quarter 2017. Highlights of those results, including both GAAP and adjusted metrics, are below and incorporated here. Adjusted pre-tax income for the March 2017 quarter was $847 million, a $713 million decrease from the March 2016 quarter, primarily driven by higher fuel prices. Delta’s chief executive officer, Ed Bastian said, …

BRITISH Airways has opened its exclusive new check-in area for First customers and Executive Club Gold cardholders, including a dedicated two-lane security channel with direct access for the first time to British Airways’ flagship Concorde Room or Galleries First lounge. The First Wing gives First customers far greater privacy and exclusivity with a dedicated combined check-in and Fast Track space. …

AN aviation stakeholder and member of industry think tank group, Aviation Round Table (ART), Group Captain John Ojikutu (RTD) has said that the dispute between the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) is resolvable without resorting to spending monies on external auditors. Reacting to the recent release by the AON secretariat calling for an …

AIRLINE Operators of Nigeria (AON) has denied what it described as the ‘phantom’ N15bn debt owed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and has offered to pay for an independent Auditing firm at its own expense to audit NCAA as an organization and the N15bn NCAA claims . This is just as the AON has said that it is not …

MINISTER of State for Aviation Hadi Sirika has said that the  runway of Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja is 95 per cent completed, promising that the April 19 date for the completion and reopening  of the runway is sacrosanct. This is just as he Sirika said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed everyone to plan for the construction of the …

Airport CP cautions preemptive guesses to fire causes THE fire incident at the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in Lagos this morning April 11, 2017 has been put out completely with the authority stating that it would get to the root of the incident. The incident, which affected some offices, is being investigated right now to …

A serious fire at the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is currently crippling activities at the Murtala Muhammed Airport and causing massive traffic build-up along the Ikeja –Agege Motorway. Motorists are currently facing a harrowing experience in accessing the airports as men of the FAAN fire services are fighting to put out the fire. As at …

MINISTER of State (Aviation), Senator Hadi Sirika has expressed plans to relocate to Lagos so that he can tackle headlong some of the challenges currently bedeviling the Murtala Muhammed Airport. Sirika who made this known yesterday after checking out the Airport and dispelling rumours of an earthquake at MMIA owing to vibrations noticed there said that come April 19 after …