Port Harcourt airport misses upgrade opportunity as it reopens for business after COVID-19 lockdown
Ben Eguzozie
July 17, 2020
… Nigeria missing in African terminal ratings Nigeria’s airport regulatory agency, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), last Saturday July 11 reopened the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) Omagwa, Port Harcourt for flights after four months of closure due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, without particularly undertaking a much-needed upgrade of the terminal facilities. FAAN […]
Tinapa Resort: Cross River’s N60bn moribund investment takes baby steps in journey back to life
Ben EguzozieJune 26, 2020
Project dreamed up to generate N300bn annually GM Ekom says applying Ayade’s ‘intellectual money’ concept Tinapa Free Trade Zone and Resort (TFTZ&R), Calabar, a business and leisure resort, sitting on 265 hectares of land and conceptualised to be an integrated business resort, built and inaugurated in April 2007 at a cost estimated at over […]
FAAN receives guide from Munich airport ahead resumption of flights
Samson EchenimJune 11, 2020
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is working with Germany’s Munich Airport International as it prepares to resume operations after the Covid-19 induced lockdown on June 21. The authority said in an effort to begin the reopening of some of the airports in the nation, it held a skype meeting with Munich Airport International […]
Nigerian airports reopen for commercial operation June 21
Samson EchenimJune 3, 2020
Five airports in Nigeria will resume commercial scheduled flights June 21, the country’s aviation regulatory authority has said. In a statement, Tuesday, Musa Nuhu, director-general, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said flights would resume in five airports on June 21, adding that other airports would be added after review and assessment. “The closure of Nigerian […]
Get ready, we’re flying soon, Dana Air alerts passengers
Samson EchenimJune 1, 2020
Nigerian airline, Dana Air has alerted its passengers it is coming back to the airspace soon, after two months of break due to the Covid-19 lockdown in the country that saw all airports closed. Amidst concerns that some airlines may not bounce back after the forced grounding, Dana said it was working with aviation authorities […]
FG to certify airlines before flights resume
Businessam StaffMay 28, 2020
Federal Government is to certify airlines and other operators in Nigeria before the resumption of flights once the country’s airspace and airports are re-opened for commercial operations. It was also gathered on Wednesday that all operators in the country’s civil aviation space were required to inform the government five days ahead before resuming operations. Nigerian […]
Gloomy future for air passengers as airlines plan long checks, 45% fare raise
Samson EchenimMay 27, 2020
Air travelling in post Covid-19 leaves a picture of tiresomeness and expensiveness as airlines globally plan longer check in process and 45 percent increase in air fares. Nigerian airlines and passengers will not be left out of the quagmire as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has hinted the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) […]
Stranded Nigerians to pay N975,000 for evacuation from Canada as Air Peace loses contract
Samson EchenimMay 23, 2020
Each of the over 300 Nigerians stranded in Canada following the outbreak of the coronavirus may have to pay $2,500 (N975,000 at N390 per dollar) for their evacuation flight back to Nigeria, after Air Peace lost bid to evacuate them at a rate over 50 percent cheaper. The final refusal to Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest […]
Akwa Ibom-run airliner, Ibom Air, ramps up operations with fourth aircraft acquisition
Ben EguzozieMay 21, 2020
Akwa Ibom State is carefully ramping up an aviation business it began nearly four years ago, with increase in its aircraft fleet in a bid to capture a bigger share of Nigeria’s much-unharnessed industry. The government run airlines company, Ibom Air, has taken delivery of a fourth aircraft, a 90-seater CRJ900 bombardier, thereby expanding the […]
Covid-19: 292 stranded Nigerians in Saudi Arabia arrive Abuja
Samson EchenimMay 20, 2020
The federal government of Nigeria on Wednesday announced arrival of 292 citizens stranded in Saudi Arabia following the outbreak of the dreaded coronavirus. The Nigerian government began special evacuation exercise on May 6 to help stranded Nigerians home from overseas countries with the return of 265 Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates. On Friday, May […]