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Aviation

FAAN reopens Lagos airport runway

The domestic runway (18L/36R) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos was reopened on Thursday for flight services, four months after it was closed down by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria.   The runway was earlier closed to enable the installation of navigational facilities.   A Notice-To-Airmen from the Aeronautical Information Services of the […]

Airport security makes five arrests daily - FAAN
Aviation

Airport security makes five arrests daily – FAAN

Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Captain Rabiu Yadudu, said five persons are arrested daily at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos for infiltrating security. According to Vanguard, Yadudu made the assertion when he spoke during the ongoing works at Runway 18L, reacting to questions bordering on the recent stowaway and other security […]

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Aviation

Pilots reject Lagos airport runway closure

Some Nigerian pilots have kicked against the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria’s planned closure of the domestic runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. AMBusiness quoting FAAN reported on Wednesday that the domestic runway 18L/36R will be completely shut for three months to enable some repairs and installation of Air Field Lighting to be […]

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Aviation

Lagos airport runway to be shut for three months

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria confirmed that the domestic runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos will be completely closed for three months. This is to enable some repairs and installation of Air Field Lighting to be done, FAAN said in a statement on Wednesday titled, Airfield lighting installation: FAAN to close domestic runway […]

Aviation

Passengers panic as Overland aircraft’s engine catches fire midair

A four-member flight crew of Overland Airways made a successful landing of a distressed aircraft on the Runway 18R of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday evening, after the plane’s engine caught fire mid-air. The ATR 42 aircraft, which has 37 passengers on board, was en-route Ilorin-Lagos when the plane suddenly developed a […]

Airport security makes five arrests daily - FAAN
Aviation

FAAN commences replacement of old equipment at airports

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria said it has begun the replacement and repair of old equipment used to carry out its daily operations at airports across the country. The Managing Director, FAAN, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, made this known at an interactive session with the League and Airports Aviation Correspondents in Lagos on Wednesday. Yadudu […]

Aviation

Grounded multimillion-dollar plane sold as scrap, towed to Oyo

An Airbus A320 jet belonging to First Nation has been sold as scrap to a yet-to-be-identified buyer, findings have shown. The development came about four years after the carrier grounded its operations for technical reasons. The buyer of the disused plane has consequently towed the equipment to a town in Oyo where it will be […]

Airport security makes five arrests daily - FAAN
Aviation

FAAN inaugurates App for airport taxi

Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, Managing Director, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)  has inaugurated a Taxi App loading booth at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja (NAIA). Yadudu, who was represented by the Group Capt. Usman Sadiq, Director of FAAN Security Service, said in his opening remarks on Thursday, that the move would definitely increase the […]

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Ports and Airports

Extortion: FAAN bans two immigration officers from airports

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has expelled two officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service from working in any airport in Nigeria due to their involvement in the extortion of N8,000 from a passenger. FAAN said on Friday that the On Duty Cards of the officers were permanently withdrawn after it was confirmed that they […]

Ports and Airports

FG urged to complete Sokoto airport hajj terminal

A member of the House of Representatives from Dange/Shuni/Bodinga-Tureta Federal Constituency, Balarabe Shehu-Kakale, has urged the Federal Government to complete the international Hajj Terminal at the Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto. Shehu-Kakale, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, on Sunday, said, ”We are calling on the Federal Ministry of Aviation […]