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March 19, 2021 No Responses

Air Peace Receives Second New Embraer 195-E2 Aircraft

The management of Air Peace has taken delivery of another of its 13 Embraer E195-E2. Chairman of the company, Mr Allen Onyema, made this known in a statement issued by Mr Stanley Olisa, the airline Corporate Communication Officer. The airline took delivery of the...

March 17, 2021 No Responses

Immigration Generates N49.6b, $20m In 2020

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday said its revenue dropped by almost 40 per cent in 2020 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Comptroller-General of the agency, Mr Muhammad Babandede, stated this while presenting the NIS 2020 Annual.....

February 23, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds 17kg Gold Bars At Airport

Customs officials on Monday said it seized 150 gold bars weighing 17.4 kg at Bangladesh’s Shah Amanat International Airport in seaport city Chattogram from a plane arriving from Abu Dhabi. Nurunnahar Lily, a senior customs official, told journalists th...

December 24, 2020 No Responses

Lufthansa Airlifts Food To UK Amid Lorry Chaos At Seaports

Germany’s Lufthansa is airlifting fresh fruit and vegetables to the UK on Wednesday as firms seek to beat the lorry chaos at sea ports The airline said it is carrying 80 tonnes of food from Frankfurt to Doncaster Sheffield Airport...

November 18, 2020 No Responses

British Airways To Launch Covid Testing Trial

British Airways is to launch a voluntary Covid-19 test for passengers travelling to the UK from three US airports. The airline wants to persuade governments that testing travellers will make quarantining unnecessary. American Airlines is also taking part...

November 17, 2020 No Responses

Ugwuanyi Welcomes Dana Air To Enugu

Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Uguanyi, on Tuesday commended Dana Air for its decision to restart flights to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu The Governor made the remark during a courtesy visit by Dana Air’s management team to the Gover...

November 17, 2020 No Responses

Kano, Port-Harcourt, Enugu Airports To Resume International Operations Before Christmas

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has announced the decision of the Federal Government to resume international operations from Kano, Port-Harcourt and Enugu Airports before Christmas celebrations. Sirika confirmed the development in a statement issued by M...

September 2, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Seeks Remodelling Of Airport

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday called for remodelling of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) as part of measures to increase traffic and revenue. Sanwo-Olu made the call in Ikeja when the Federal Airport Authority...

June 28, 2020 No Responses

Abuja Airport 90% Complete, Ready To Resume Operations

The Minister of Aviation, Sen Hadi Siriki, on Saturday, said the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, is 90 per cent completed and ready to reopen for business with strict compliance to COVID-19 protocols. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) observed that...

April 30, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria To Decontaminate 123 Aircraft, 13 Airports

As part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), Nigeria is to decontaminate not less 123 aircraft and 15 airports. Already, two of the aircraft have been decontaminated, Environment Minister, Muhammad Mahmood said in Abuja on Wedn...

March 13, 2020 No Responses

Enugu Airport To Reopen Before Easter

Senator Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation has reiterated that Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu closed down in August, 2019 for runway rehabilitation will be reopened for use before Easter. A statement issued in Abuja and signed by Mr James Odaudu...

February 12, 2020 No Responses

Owerri Airport Fire: FAAN Alerts Airlines, Others

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has alerted airline operators and other airport users about a bush fire incident at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, FAAN General Manager, Corporate Affairs, explained th...

January 14, 2020 No Responses

Munich Airport Records 48m Passengers In 2019

Between January and December, 2019, Munich Airport total traffic increased by 1.7 million, or 4 percent, to 47.9 million passengers. A statement explained that it was the largest increase posted by any German airport last year. For the Bavarian hub...

January 5, 2020 No Responses

FAAN Closes Port Harcourt Airport

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the temporary closure of Port Harcourt International Airport runway following a bush fire incident near the area. The General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, made the ...