Airport Archives — Page 2 of 6

October 23, 2023 No Responses

Businessman Excretes 93 Heroin Wraps At Abuja Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 40-year-old ‘businessman’, Sherif Egbo, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja while attempting to board an Air France flight to Paris, France, after the anti-narcotics agents discovered he ingested...

July 30, 2023 No Responses

Customs M.M Airport Command Generates N38b In Six Months

Between January and June 2023, the Murtala Muhammed Airport MMA Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N38,707,054, 216.44 representing 79.6 percent of the annual revenue target met. The Area Command Controller, M.S Yusuf in a statement explain...

May 1, 2023 No Responses

ETIHAD CARGO EXPANDS CHINESE NETWORK

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has added a fourth gateway destination to its Chinese network with the introduction of weekly flights to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in the Hubei province of China. A sta...

March 27, 2023 No Responses

Edo Gets Tentative Approval For Auchi Airport

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the State Government is committed to the development of a new airport in Auchi, Edo North Senatorial District of the State. Briefing journalists in Auchi, at the weekend, Obaseki said the...

March 14, 2023 No Responses

FG Takes Over Yobe Cargo Airport

The Federal Government has taken over the recently inaugurated Muhammadu Buhari International Cargo Airport, Damaturu, Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, disclosed on Monday. Speaking at the launch of a book titled: “Gov. Buni’s 1,500 projects” authored by Alha...

February 20, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 58kg Cocaine At Lagos, Abuja Airports

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it had intercepted consignments of cocaine, methamphetamine and ephedrine. A statement issued on Sunday by Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, explained that the con...

October 27, 2022 No Responses

FG Declares Preferred Bidders For Airports

The Federal Government has announced the selected preferred and reserve bidders for Nigerian airports concession. Sen. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, made the announcement when he addressed newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, t...

October 26, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Airport Hotel Celebrates 80th Anniversary

The Lagos Airport Hotel Ltd. on Tuesday held a public lecture to commemorate its 80th anniversary. Princess Olufunke Olugboji, Chairperson, Board of Directors of Lagos Airport Hotel Ltd., during the public lecture in Lagos said it had been years of...

October 12, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Gets FG’s Approval To Construct Lekki Airport

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Tuesday presented an official Letter of Approval for the construction of the proposed Lekki-Epe International Airport to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. Sirika, on behalf of the Federal Government, presented th...

August 23, 2022 No Responses

British Airways To Cut 10,000 Heathrow Flights

British Airways will cut roughly 10,000 short-haul flights to and from Heathrow Airport between late October and March. The move is aimed at minimising disruption over the winter and some long-haul flights will also be affected, the airline said. BA...

June 16, 2022 No Responses

FEC Approves N90.8b For Kashimbila-Takum-Chanchangi Road, Airport Equipment

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N90.8 billion for the rehabilitation of Kashimbila-Takum-Chanchangi road in Taraba and the procurement equipment for some airports in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that N66.9 billion of...

March 23, 2022 No Responses

Ibom Air COO Lauds New Lagos Airport Terminal

George Uriesi, Chief Operating Officer, Ibom Air, says the inauguration of new terminal at Murtala Muhammed International Airport delights every airline and will boost the country’s aviation sector. Uriesi said this at the Nigerian Institute of Management Ch...

March 16, 2022 No Responses

Heathrow Airport Drops Covid Face Mask Rules

The UK’s largest airport has dropped mandatory face masks for passengers. Heathrow Airport no longer requires people to wear them at its terminals, railway stations or office buildings but will continue to recommend they do. British Airways and Vir...

March 4, 2022 No Responses

Qatar Airways Inaugural Flight Lands In Port Harcourt

Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight on Thursday landed at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwe, Rivers, amidst excitement from aviation stakeholders. The aircraft, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, landed at the airport at 11.15 a.m. and was welcomed wit...