Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said yesterday that the Akanu Ibiam International Airport runway rehabilitation will be completed before Easter. The minister, who spoke when he inspected the airport, disclosed that the contractor, Messrs PW Ltd, gave an assurance that the project would be completed before Easter and expressed satisfaction... Read more
Germany’s Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) has said it will not analyse the black box from the Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet which crashed soon after taking off from Addis Ababa on Sunday. Ethiopian Airlines which stated this in a twitter message however said Thursday that the black... Read more
15.2 m Passengers Used Nigerian Airports In 2018
Aviation February 11, 2019
A total of 15.2 million passengers passed through Nigerian airports in 227,834 aircraft movements in 2018 according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) . The figure contained in FAAN’s 2018 Annual Report showed an increase of 2.5 million passengers over 12.7 million passengers recorded in 2017... Read more
10.9 m Passengers Use Nigerian Airports in 9 Months
Aviation December 17, 2018
A total of 10.9 million passengers passed through Nigerian airports in 163,646 aircraft movements between January and September 2018 ,according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Statistics obtained from FAAN in Abuja revealed that the figure represents an increase of 1.7 million passengers or 15.5 per... Read more
Airlines Charged to be Vigilant over Ebola Virus
Aviation May 15, 2018
Airlines operating international and regional flights into Nigeria have been charged by the Federal Government to be very vigilant on measures to curtail the possible spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Part of the measures is for pilots in command of any aircraft to report to air traffic... Read more
AMCON Says Arik Air Needs N10bn to Resume Full Operations
Aviation February 12, 2017
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has said it had discovered deep rooted rot at embattled airline, Arik Air saying it would require over N10 billion to fix the rot before the largest local carrier could resume full and uninterrupted flight operations to its regular routes across the... Read more
Reps Refuses Approval for Aviation Ministry’s 2017 Budget
Aviation February 2, 2017
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has refused to approve the 2017 Budget estimates of the Ministry of Aviation due to the unsatisfactory defence of some of its expenditures by the officials.But the Ministry still has the opportunity of a better presentation . Defense of a preceding year’s... Read more
FG Names New Heads for NAMA, NIMET, NCAT
Aviation January 9, 2017
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new heads for some agencies and parastatals in the aviation sector. The agencies are the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Zaria and Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of... Read more
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said Nigeria had attained another high level safety rating which placed it among the world leaders in aviation safety. The General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, disclosed this in a statement released on Monday. According to the statement, Nigeria climbed to Level... Read more
