ACI issues new guidance on alignment between airspace, airport capacity as global traffic hits 19.7bn by 2040
Samson Echenim
February 18, 2020
Airports Council International (ACI) World on Friday published guidance for airports to assist them in making the most of existing capacity while also planning to expand to meet growing global demand. ACI’s forecasts show that, having reached 8.8 billion in 2018, global traffic is forecast to double by 2037. Over the long term, it is […]
Normalcy returns to Lagos airport as international airlines end diversions
Samson EchenimFebruary 16, 2020
By Samson Echenim After nearly two weeks of inclement weather that made it impossible for international carriers to land at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, forcing the airlines to divert flights to airports in Ghana, Senegal and Abuja, the ministry of aviation says planes can now land safely in Lagos. “As a follow up to […]
BA hires charter operator to lift stranded passengers to From Accra to Lagos
Samson EchenimFebruary 14, 2020
By Samson Echenim British Airways has concluded plans to engage charter airline operators to bring back stranded passengers to Lagos from Accra, Ghana. A top official of the airline who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that the passengers who were stranded would be bought back to Lagos in a chartered flight. About 1,500 passengers coming […]
Lagos-bound passengers stranded in Ghana, Senegal
Businessam StaffFebruary 14, 2020
Hundreds of Lagos-bound passengers are said to be stranded in Accra, Ghana, Dakar, Senegal and Cotonou, Benin Republic as poor visibility continued at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. It was gathered that a Lagos-bound Delta Airlines was diverted to Dakar, Senegal and eventually had to return to Atlanta, USA on Wednesday as the weather […]
Nigeria’s airspace suffers visibility failure forcing multiple flight diversions across its airports
Samson EchenimFebruary 13, 2020
By Samson Echenim Nigeria’s international airports in Abuja and Lagos, the country’s commercial hub city continue to suffer flight diverts from international carriers as the country experiences her craziest harmattan weather in recent time. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika have offered explanations and […]
Foreign, domestic flights delays, cancellations as harmattan haze hits Nigeria airspace
Businessam StaffFebruary 13, 2020
Harmattan hays have caused flight cancellation and delay in the Nigerian Aviation sector grounding foreign airlines throughout the week. The harmattan has led to poor visibility for the planes intending to fly in or out of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos State. A British Airways flight which was expected to land on Sunday had to divert to Ghana […]
Anxiety mounts as NAMA moves to cut off airlines, airports from navigational, radar services over N5bn debts
Samson EchenimFebruary 4, 2020
By Samson Echenim The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) says it plans to cut off airlines and airports which refused to pay for the agency’s services which had turned into debt reaching several billions of naira. The agency, on Monday said it had given a 30-day final demand notice to debtor airlines and […]
China’s aviation authority tells airlines not to axe global flights as thousands cut
Businessam StaffFebruary 4, 2020
China’s civil aviation authority has urged domestic carriers to continue flying international routes as they consider cuts in response to a drop in demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. Airline capacity is being axed in the world’s second largest aviation market with “the most dramatic change in schedules”, OAG Aviation Worldwide Ltd said, adding that […]
NAMA installs new landing aid at Enugu airport
Enugu airport, Samson EchenimJanuary 27, 2020
By Samson Echenim As the airport readies for reopening in April, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) says it has successfully installed a brand-new CAT 2 Instrument Landing System / Distance Measuring Equipment (ILS/DME) to replace the old system which was installed since 2003. The agency in a statement said it had also installed a very small […]
FAAN, airport health issue travel advisory over Corona virus
Samson EchenimJanuary 22, 2020
By Samson Echenim