The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has notified the public and all aviation stakeholders that Runway 18L/36R is now reopened for flight operations at 19:58hrs on Tuesday. It stated that the reopening of the runway followed its earlier closure due to an incident involving a Dana Air aircraft, with registration number 5N-BKI, which overshot […]
President Bola Tinubu has replaced five Managing Directors and Directors-General of parastatals in the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. The President also suspended the Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Capt. Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, to enable him face an “unfettered investigation” by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The changes in the leadership positions […]
Aviation workers in the country have alerted of their plans to embark on two-day warning strike from Monday over alleged failure to implement the conditions of service agreement between their unions and some aviation agencies. The leaders of the major aviation sector unions, comprising the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Services […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has sent a Notice To Airmen (NOTAM) to airline operators and other stakeholders on its plans to repair some portions of the international runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos. The agency, in the notice NOTAM on the runway, which is also known as 18R/36L, stated that it […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has warned that the nation’s airspace surveillance system, known as Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON), may collapse due to lack of spare parts. The agency’s Managing Director, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, who gave the warning at aviation stakeholders’ interactive forum held on Tuesday in Lagos, called all the Federal […]