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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has completed the training of 121 aviation security officers. According to FAAN, the AvSec officers drawn from the airports in Abuja, Maiduguri, Yola, Jos, Gombe, Dutse, Sokoto, Zaria, Kaduna, Kebbi, Makurdi and Katsina were taken through the mandatory 6 weeks STP 123 Basic Course, which was both intellectual and physical. FAAN revealed …
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified passengers, airport users, stakeholders and the general public that effective Wednesday, October 6, 2021, there will be a temporary closure of the regular Drop Off Zone at the departure frontage of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The temporary closure is to allow for the completion of the ongoing canopy installation …
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria Airport Safety Week for the year flagged off today, September 28, 2021. Activities for the Safety Week are being observed simultaneously around all airports in Nigeria. Airport Safety Week is an initiative of the Airports Council International, ACI- Africa Region which holds every September in all countries across Africa. FAAN said this is the …
After about three months of painstaking joint investigation following the unfortunate incident involving a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) King Air -350 aircraft at the vicinity of Kaduna Civil Airport on 31 May 2021, the Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of AIB, Engr Akin Olateru FNSE, on 15 September 2021 submitted an interim report on the sad incident to the Chief …
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has approved “Safety Threshold Ground Handling Charges” for all international and domestic operations. According to the Director General of the NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, “the new charges were approved after extensive consultative meetings with all relevant stakeholders including Aviation Ground Association of Nigeria (AGHAN), Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) and Airline Operators Committee (AOC).” …
The Commissioner and the Chief Executive Officer of the Accident Investigation Bureau-Nigeria (AIB-N), Engr. Akin Olateru, said the bureau is finalizing plans to start digitizing accident investigation findings and reports. Engr. Olateru stated this at the 2-day ‘Industry Engagement on the review of Accident Reports’ which took place recently at the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. Engr. Olateru said AIB-N is …
Ibom Air has announced that one of its wet-leased A220 aircraft which has gone for maintenance has temporarily been replaced with an aircraft from EgyptAir to ensure continuity of services to its passengers. “Ibom Air would like to inform our customers and the general public, that one of our recently wet-leased Airbus A220 aircraft has had to undergo maintenance …
In a bid to address recent challenges in airport operations and facilitation management systems at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja respectively, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is installing equipment at the airports. “Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria wishes to inform airlines, passengers and other stakeholders that the equipment required for addressing …
Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a US-based company, Earth Networks (EN), in the area of network and data services sharing. According to NiMet, the official signing ceremony took place virtually, and enhances Nigerian Meteorological Agency-NiMet high impact weather forecasting capacity through the utilization of total lightning data and latest forecasting techniques …
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Aviation in compliance with the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and National Policy on Public-Private Partnership (N4P) has released a request for qualification for the concession of four International Airport terminals and related services. In the document signed by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Aviation, Engr. Hassan Musa, the four …
