Lagos, Abuja airports to get category 3A instrument landing system

Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has disclosed plans to install Category 3A Instrument Landing Systems (ILS) at the Lagos and Abuja airports.

‘Why politicians should not interfere in aviation issues’

Mohammed Tukur

Worried by the growing loss of confidence in local airlines’ operations, an expert has urged politicians to stop interfering in aviation issues, but should allow regulators to do their job.

TICKET FOR SULIEMAN/MOHAMED ABV-LOS ON MEDVIEW

PHOTO:WIKIPEDIA

Etihad Airways and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) have launched a new codeshare partnership.

British Airways deploys biometric technology at four U.S. airports

British Airways. PHOTO: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images<br />

British Airways is trialling biometric technology to speed up boarding and arrivals processes in Orlando, Los Angeles, Miami and New York.

Afreximbank commits $25b to promote intro-African trade in five years

President, AfreximBank, Dr. Benedict Oramah

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has said it will disburse about $25 billion dollars in support of intro-African trade during the five years ending in 2021 under an Intra-African trade strategy it launched in 2016 in anticipation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Virgin Atlantic New Economy Package

Recognising that one size does not fit all, from the 10^th April 2018, Virgin Atlantic will introduce three new ways to fly economy-‘ Economy Light’, ‘Economy Classic’ and’ Economy Delight’

Travel agencies chart path to aviation, tourism growth

President of NANTA, Bernard Bankole. PHOTO: nanta.org.ng

Travel agencies in the country will next week converge at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to chart path to the growth of aviation and tourism as a potential mainstay of the economy.

Bi-Courtney assures Arik of hitch-free operations at MMA2

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), has assured the management of Arik Air of seamless passenger facilitation, as the airline begins its scheduled flight operations from the terminal to Port Harcourt International Airport on Saturday.

African airports’ managers rally behind open skies implementation

Chairperson, Planning Committee, 59th ACI-Africa Conference, Sadiku Rafindadi (left); President/Managing Director, FAAN, Saleh Dunoma; Co-chairperson, Planning Committee, Adenike Aboderin; and Director, Security Services, FAAN, Group Captain Usman Sadiq (rtd), at a press conference on the 59th ACI-Africa Board and Regional Committees meetings to be hosted by FAAN in Lagos. PHOTO: AYODELE ADENIRAN

•As Nigeria hosts 59th ACI-Africa conference
Association of airport managers in Africa are rallying behind the implementation of the open skies treaty, especially in lieu of the traffic boom the initiative will bring to signatory countries.

Keystone Bank partners NIPOST on rural banking services

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, I-One-C, Kelechi Dozie(left); Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Keystone Bank Limited, Obeahon Ohiwerei, Barrister, Bisi Adegbuyi Postmaster General/Chief Executive Officer NIPOST, at the launch of Keyserv-NIPOST Agency Banking – A Financial Inclusion Partnership In Lagos.

 Keystone Bank has entered into partnership with the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) and i-OneC through leveraging of data to improve its product offerings.

Arik Air Fan Out Its Wings to MMA2

 

Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading airline will from March 17, 2018, move all its Port Harcourt flights to Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2) Lagos.

From that date, all daily flights to Port Harcourt International will cease to operate from the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) and will depart and arrive at MMA2.

Qatar Airways woos passengers with special offers

QATAR Airways is celebrating more than 20 years of ‘Going Places Together’ with special offers for travelers across its more than 150 business and leisure destinations.

FAAN income on Passenger Service Charge hit N38bn in 2017, says MD

Engineer Saleh Dunoma, Managing Director, Federal Airport Authourity of Nigeria

Mr Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Monday said the authority generated N38 billion from Passenger Service Charges (PSC) in 2017.

Lawmaker lauds response to aviation sector’s near mishaps

Senator Gbenga Ashafa represents Lagos East

The lawmaker representing Lagos East in the upper chamber of the nation’s legislature, senator Gbenga Ashafa, has commended government’s swift response to the series of recent near mishaps in the aviation industry.

Faulty business models, policies shrink air travel market, survival of airlines

Murtala Airport Lagos

Beyond the prevailing harsh operating environment, the faulty business models airlines’ operators often adopt may be responsible for the perennial low market penetration and short lifespan of local carriers in the country, findings by The Guardian has shown.

Arik Air, presidential fleet sign pact on pilots’ training

Presidential air fleet.

Arik Air and Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on capacity building for the line training of presidential pilots.

Airspace agency acquires communication equipment for Lagos, Kano

Murtala Muhammed International Airport

Calibrate navigational aids nationwide
To improve quality of air traffic services in the country, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has acquired new communication equipment and set to deploy same to Lagos and Kano areas.

FAAN to measure customers’ satisfaction with feedbacks

Murtala Muhammed International Airport

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has put in place a feedback mechanism to help her measure customers’ satisfaction about services on offer at international airports across the country.

Why international status for Akanu Ibiam Airport is being delayed – FG

Front view of the remodelled domestic wing of Akanu-Ibiam International Airport Enugu<br />PHOTO: LAWRENCE NJOKU

The Federal Government has said that for the Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu, to operate full international flights, certain security threats created by property owners must be removed and enhancement of infrastructure must be achieved.