Showing posts with label FAAN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FAAN. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

► NIGERIA: Young whippersnapper survives 45minute ride in wheel-well of an Arik Air 737.

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A teenage Nigerian stowaway survived a 45-minute flight from the southern Nigerian city of Benin to Lagos MMA in the wheel-well of an Arik ...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

■ NIGERIA: Benin Airport temporarily shut down by IRS over tax evasion allegations.

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Nigeria's Inland Revenue Services (IRS) acting on behalf of the Edo State Government, temporarily closed Benin Airport on Monday over a...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

■ NIGERIA: FAAN set to move into Abuja, Benin, Kano airports for next phase of aircraft boneyard cleanup.

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After having successfully concluded its derelict aircraft disposal operation at Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport, the Federal A...
Monday, February 18, 2013

■ NIGERIA: Bi-Courtney wins its case against FAAN, Aviation Ministry over rights to Lagos General Aviation Terminal.

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Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), the current concessioner for Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2), has won a court ca...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

■ NIGERIA: FAAN makes good on its threats to deal with derelict aircraft; proceeds with clean up in Lagos.

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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) this week made good on its threats to remove abandoned and derelict aircraft from airport ...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

■ NIGERIA: FAAN adamant on abandoned aircraft issue; gives owners 1 week ultimatum.

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The Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has issued an ultimatum to all owners of decrepit and decaying aircraft lying abandoned ...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

■ NIGERIA: Kaduna Airport to be ready by April: FAAN

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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says the Kaduna Airport remodelling project, located in the Northen Nigerian state of Ka...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

■ NIGERIA: Embraer provisionally agrees to partner Government in Nigerian airline refleeting initiative.

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Fresh from the announcement of its intention to open its first African Authorized Aircraft Service Facility (AASF) in Kenya next year , Emb...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

■ NIGERIA: (Pics) FAAN again gives aircraft owners 1 month to clean up airport boneyards.

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The Nigerian Federal Aviation Authority (FAAN) has issued a 1 month ultimatum to the country's aircraft owners and operators, to remo...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

■ NIGERIA: (Pics) New General Aviation Terminal in Lagos opened but legal battles over its concessions still loom.

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Nigeria's Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, last Monday officially opened Lagos's Murtala ...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

► NIGERIA: IRS Airlines Fokker 100 collides with FAAN truck whilst taxiing at Lagos; no casualties.

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In an incident that strongly resembles an Arik Air B737's run-in with the wing tip of a parked Nigerian Air Force C130 Her...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

► NIGERIA: Arik Air uses FAAN debacle to settle old scores.

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Despite having reached an accord last Saturday with the Nigerian Government that saw Nigeria's now largest carrier Arik Air (W3), resum...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

► NIGERIA: Arik Air & Nigerian Government kiss and make up; ops to resume tomorrow.

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After a two hour meeting between the board of directors of Nigeria's Arik Air (W3) and Ministers from the Nigerian Federal Government i...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

► NIGERIA: Arik Air suspends local ops indefinitely citing FAAN harassment.

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Just when things couldn't seem to get any worse following the demise of Air Nigeria (VK) in early September , Nigeria's largest pri...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

■ NIGERIA: Phase II of airport renovations to begin in June; Abuja to get new International Terminal.

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Nigerian's Aviation Minister Stella Oduah has announced plans by the Nigerian Government to embark on the second phase of a project t...