Tag Archives: Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)

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 …

One of the bidders for the concession of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), SIFAX Group of Companies Limited has approached a Federal High Court in Lagos to disqualify Tav Airports Holding Company and GMR Airport Limited stating that both firms owned by the same company, Airport De Paris (ADP) submitted separate bids for MMIA and were shortlisted for the …

  LAST week, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), in collaboration with the Enabling Business Environment Secretariat of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) organized a training program for leaders and front line officers of major stakeholders at the airports in a bid to help sanitize the nation’s gateway.   A training program that was held both at …

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) …

JUST hours after the announcement that the Republic of Ghana will be opening its airspace to international flights from September 1, 2020, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has announced that Nigeria will open its own airspace on August  29, 2020. For starters, according to him the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos (MMIA) and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja …

FOLLOWING the close of all international airports in Nigeria to traffic except for emergencies and essential services and the voluntary reduction or suspension of domestic operations, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has commenced disinfecting some of its major gateways. The lull in air travel has availed the airport managers the opportunity to disinfect its airports unhindered by the …

NIGERIAN Customs Service (NCS), today announced that its men at the International wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport intercepted and seized $8.06m Dollars (₦2.9billion) wrapped and concealed inside a bus at the Tarmac section of the airport, preparing to be smuggled out of the country without proper declaration. Disclosing this to newsmen in Lagos, the Comptroller General of NCS, Hameed …

To spend N1.6b on extension, asphalt overlay of MMIA 18 Left/36R MINISTER of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has said that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday increased the contract sum for the construction of perimeter fencing for Port Harcourt Airport to N2.7 billion with the approval of over N200 million to augment the earlier cost. This is just as Federal …

NIGERIAN Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is said to have concluded the certification of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) and is set to hand over to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Certificate as a confirmation that the airport has met the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standard. Nigerianflightdeck.com exclusively learnt from a well placed source in the …

THE Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) is said to be gearing up towards certification working in line with the Aerodrome emergency. This is just as the airport is prepared for emergencies as personnel at the airport have been adequately trained and ready to handle any situation.