Tag Archives: Nigerian airports and COVID-19

“All the six carriers do not have 70 aircraft and as airlines we have disagreed with the slot system as it will lead to a limitation of our flights. Like how do you determine who flies by 6am, 7am or 8am? And this limitation of flight will keep most of our equipment underutilized and may lead to sack. Remember no one does night flights, the environment is not ripe for it and so how many flights will we have daily, what will be the impact on our equipment,” Onyema said.

FEDERAL Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) intends to organise simulations on facilitation, physical distancing  to ensure that arrangements ahead of resumption of flight activities follow all the COVID-19 guidelines and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) checklist and help it identify gaps and strategize to close those gaps. Managing Director, FAAN, Captain Hamisu Yadudu made this known yesterday during a …

Middle seat removal debate still on as stakeholders canvass more investment in sector AVIATION players, industry regulators, service providers this morning gathered virtually to discuss the  way forward for the sector following the numerous changes that must have to take place in the post Covid-19 new normal era especially with regards safety and protection of passengers as the sub-sector is …

AS the industry set for restart, stakeholders have said the campaign to remove middle seats is uneconomical to airlines, would make passengers pay way more and is totally unnecessary since aircraft come fitted with High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter which  sanitizes air in the cabin of aircraft. This is just as only six Nigerian airlines are said have passed the …

TWO-hundred and forty-three (243) Nigerian returnees from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who arrived the country through the Murtala Mohammed international airport Lagos have been issued back their international passports by the Lagos airport command of the Nigeria Immigration service having successfully undergone the 14 days isolation required by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Lagos Airport Comptroller of …

Promises better days ahead for workers GOVERNMENT has acknowledged the dire situation in the aviation sub-sector and has promised to take practical steps to help mitigate the consequences of the total lock-down in the industry and create an enabling environment for the sector to bounce back. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika made this known in his May Day message …

HOUSE of Representatives Committee Chairman on Aviation, Honourable Nnolim Nnaji has suggested a single digit interest loan for indigenous airline operators and special Federal Government grant to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NIMET). This is just as he also restated his position on the need for the aviation …

Promises Ex-Nigeria Airways staff payment balance FEDERAL Government of Nigeria has added another two weeks to the closure of international airports in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika. This is just as he has promised workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways that modalities have been put in place to ensure their …

NIGERIAN Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) has donated various medical items including 100 pieces of Overall Protective (Personal Protective Equipment) 1,500 pieces of hand sanitisers, 43 packs of masks to the Lagos State Government, which would aid the fight against the ravaging Covid-19 virus pandemic. The company which lamented negative impact of the pandemic on its finances assured that the country …

ABOUT 200 Americans today were evacuated from Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos with Delta Air lines as continuation of the mass departure process This is just as 1,739 foreigners have been evacuated from Nigeria through the MMIA in the past 10 days. Regional Manager, South West Airport, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Victoria Shin-Aba, …